"It now falls to Labour to set out a viable blueprint to meet the targets, so the carbon budget and growth delivery plan will encompass all aspects of net zero, including transport, housing, industry, food and farming. The plan is unlikely to have many sweeping new policies but it will have to show in detail how existing policies will work, and touch on politically sensitive issues such as how people may have to change their behaviour to reduce emissions."
"Insulating Britain's draughty homes is a no-brainer policy: it saves money, improves health for those stuck in dangerously damp homes, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. But a decade and a half of policy failures have sent the number of installations crashing by 90% since the early 2010s and left the UK without a successful nationwide scheme for insulation. The 13.2bn warm homes plan is meant to fix that and should also help to give people access to low-carbon heat pumps, solar panels"
The Climate Change Act 2008 requires net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and five-yearly carbon budgets. The last government's policies were legally judged inadequate, requiring a new carbon budget and growth delivery plan that covers transport, housing, industry, food and farming. The new plan must show in detail how existing policies will meet targets and address behaviour change, with a court deadline of 29 October. Large-scale home insulation is a priority after installations fell 90% since the early 2010s. The £13.2bn Warm Homes plan aims to expand insulation and low-carbon heating, while millions of poorly built homes will need costly retrofits.
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