Keir Starmer says the UK can decarbonise without disruption – that’s neither true nor helpful

Wednesday 20 Nov 2024
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Sam Hampton – Researcher Environmental Geography, writes in The Conversation about Keir Starmer’s pledge to cut the UK’s emissions by 81% by 2035, which is undoubtedly ambitious.

However, his assertion at the Cop29 climate conference that it can be achieved without “telling people how to live their lives” is probably not true – at least, not according to what scientists who study this problem have found.