The Climate Change Committee warned that UK support for oil, coal and airport expansion plus slow heat pump progress is undermining the country's climate leadership, labelling the pace of action 'worryingly slow'. Energy minister Graham Stuart defended the government's record on carbon targets and domestic oil and gas production, while Greenpeace UK, Labour and COP26 chair Alok Sharma criticised the approach.
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former Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to reduce emissions by 68% from 1990 levels by the end of the decade
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The project, expected to yield around 300 million barrels of oil, is poised to receive approval soon.
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With legally binding targets in place to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the UK faces increasing pressure to take immediate and decisive action.
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The UK's climate leadership was showcased at the COP26 UN climate conference in Glasgow in 2021 when former Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to reduce emissions by 68% from 1990 levels by the end of the decade.
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During a recent interview with the BBC, he criticised the approval of the UK's first deep coal mine in Cumbria after a 30-year hiatus.
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