European automakers are in crisis mode over impending carbon targets and potential multi-billion dollar fines for failing to transition to electric vehicles. [ more ]
Labour's reduced home insulation plans simply not enough'
Labour's slashing of proposed spending on home insulation will leave millions of people on low incomes in cold, damp homes and could prevent the UK meeting its legally binding carbon targets.
The Federation of Master Builders criticized Labour's scaling back of low-carbon policies, stating that the new plans would barely scratch the surface of the need for insulation and would miss opportunities for energy savings and economic growth. [ more ]
What Sunak claims about the UK's climate record and the reality
The UK has decarbonized faster than other major economies in the past, but recent data shows Germany cutting emissions faster since the Paris agreement.
The UK is the 13th largest climate donor in the world, but as a top economy, it could do better.
The UK's rollback on net zero targets will make it more difficult to meet carbon targets, contrary to Sunak's claims.
The claim about families saving thousands of pounds with the rollback is debatable, as there were always exemptions for those unable to switch to heat pumps. [ more ]