LONDON - Britain has failed to set sufficient policies to combat climate change and must act urgently to cut greenhouse gas emissions to meet its new net zero target, a report by the government's climate advisers said on Wednesday .
"I still don't think the enormity of the task has sunk in yet. It needs to be the lens through which the government views all other areas," Mr Chris Stark, CCC chief executive said in an interview with Reuters. Mr Stark said Britain must develop plans to curb emissions from transport and phase out new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 or 2035 at the latest, rather than the current 2040 goal.
Britain's greenhouse gas emissions have fallen 43.5 per cent since 1990 largely due to a rapid increase in renewable power such as wind and solar, and a move away from polluting coal plants. Under the Climate Change Act, Britain must produce proposals on how it intends to reach its climate targets, set in five-yearly carbon budgets.