Responding to the reported changes to Net Zero policies by the Government, Christian Aid's Head of UK Advocacy and Campaigns, Jennifer Larbie, said:
“People on the front line of the climate crisis have been waiting decades for polluting nations like the UK to take action on climate change. And yet Rishi Sunak is preparing to water down these future targets.
"Deadlines spur action and pushing them back will see the UK heap further pain on people suffering from devastating drought in East Africa or killer storms in the Pacific. The UK has the 8th largest historical emissions in the world, that means, as a country, we have contributed more to the climate crisis than most.
"By undermining our climate commitments Sunak is showing a woeful disregard for the world’s most vulnerable people. It’s utterly reckless.”
