The government’s climate advisers warn that progress on climate change is “either too slow, has stalled, or is heading in the wrong direction”.
The past year has seen our environment ravaged by extreme weather conditions, from flooding and droughts to wildfires and hurricanes. Scientists argue that these extreme weather events are made even more likely as the result of human-driven climate change.
Speaking at the COP29 climate conference at the end of last year, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his government “recognises that the world stands at a critical juncture in the climate crisis” and that the UK “has a critical role to play”.
However, a new report from the UK government’s climate watchdog, the Climate Change Committee (CCC), reveals that the government is not appropriately prepared for extreme weather events.
Despite Labour’s rhetoric on climate change, the report reveals that there has been “no change in addressing the risk of climate change” since the party came into power last...