The comments from the UK's official climate come ahead of a global climate conference in Glasgow.
A letter from the climate committee's chairman, Conservative peer Lord Deben, says urgent action is needed in five areas:An ambitious, well-funded strategy for entirely removing fossil fuels from the UK's building stock - that will mean much better insulation and switching gas boilers for cleaner alternatives.An early consultation on phasing out petrol and diesel cars by 2030 - the current date is 2040.
He claimed the government could increase flood defence spending by £4bn and stop people paving over open ground in cities. Mostly when he speaks on the subject he promotes the notion that technology can solve climate problems.
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