HOLDING OUT FOR A ZERO: assessing the UK’s climate progress
Reasons Revisited
Geoff Lloyd
4.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Hello! This week we're talking about the Climate Change Committee's recent progress report on the UK government's Net Zero targets. While they say the UK is doing well at setting targets, what about delivery? Where do we need to improve? And why are workers' rights, delivering zero carbon jobs and public engagement so crucial in our work to reduce emissions? We talk to Mike Thompson, director of analysis and chief economist at the Climate Change Committee, Mika Minio-Paluello, policy officer for industry and climate at the TUC, and Jacob Ainscough, senior research associate at Lancaster University.
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