Here's why U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will attend COP27, but King Charles won't
and to install heat pumps in around 90,000 homes so that no new gas boilers need to be sold by 2035. But U.K. Carbon Code of Conduct said the nation is lacking a clear strategy and the government risks not reaching its 2035 target.
During COP26, climate commitments rose from 30% to 90% of the global economy being covered by Net Zero targets. Furthermore, 60 of the 100 companies listed on the U.K.’s FTSE 100 stock index representing many of the country’s largest companies, have committed to Net Zero by 2050. While the U.K. has a number of ambitious targets in place, campaigners say it must now demonstrate its efforts to achieve them. Inger Andersen, under-Secretary-General of the U.N. and Executive Director of the U.N. Environment Programme,that her advice to Sunak, as a new head of state, is to think beyond his leadership term when taking climate action.
“Climate cannot be put on the waiting list, climate action is on the now list and so all leaders need to see how they can lean into this but don’t kick that can down the road to a successor or to a second term,” Andersen said.
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