The UK needs a comprehensive #climate plan for how to get our emissions to zero while building a fairer, more equal society which puts health and wellbeing above profit. The UK government's new '10-point plan' for a #GreenRecovery does none of this.
We should be investing in renewable energy, #nature restoration and vital jobs in care and education (which are #GreenJobs too). But several of the announced policies are existing commitments, with very little new money.
It's good to support low-carbon industries of the future, but what we need most is public investment in things that can be rolled out NOW: zero-carbon buildings, onshore wind, cycle infrastructure (some recent support but still dwarfed by the road-building budget).
We welcome inclusion of energy efficiency and cycling and walking - where investment could quickly make a real difference to people and to emissions - but there is nothing here that govt hasn't previously announced.
The plan is largely a wishlist, reliant on technologies that don't exist or are untested at scale (zero-emission planes and ships, carbon capture and storage). These are pledges more for the fossil fuel industry than for public benefit.
On renewable energy, the government repeats its welcome commitment on offshore wind (40GW by 2030), but with no support for onshore wind or solar, this is very far from enough.
There's also not much in here for nature - another tree-planting target but no detail, and nothing on farming, wetlands or peatlands, all of which are key to avoiding climate breakdown.
But perhaps the most glaring omission: there is no plan to phase out fossil fuel use, or even fossil fuel subsidies. Without this, any talk of UK climate action is pie in the sky.
The UK urgently needs a detailed plan for a #JustTransition aligned with the UK's fair share of emissions reductions - which means zero emissions far sooner than 2050. @BritishQuakers will keep working for this and supporting the movement for climate justice here and globally.
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