What's In The Climate Plan?
The Independent|October 20, 2021
Much-delayed document outlines strategy to reach net zero
Andrew Woodcock
What's In The Climate Plan?

Boris Johnson’s government has published its long-awaited climate strategy, outlining how the UK plans to reach its target of net zero emissions by 2050.

The much-delayed document was unveiled yesterday ahead of the Cop26 climate talks in Glasgow.

But critics have been quick to warn the strategy, which runs to more than 360 pages, does not provide enough policies or investment to drive the transformation needed to reach net zero.

Here are the key takeaways from the document:

• Boris Johnson is keen to persuade voters that Britain can go carbon neutral without pain. In a foreword to the document, he writes: “This strategy shows how we can build back greener without so much as a hair shirt in sight. In 2050, we will still be driving cars, flying planes and heating our homes, but our cars will be electric gliding silently around our cities, our planes will be zero emission allowing us to fly guilt-free, and our homes will be heated by cheap reliable power drawn from the winds of the North Sea.”

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