Alok Sharma: Net zero targets can be met with incentives
With the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow looming ever closer, Andrew Marr spoke this morning to Alok Sharma, the President for COP26. Marr asked about what the UK government was preparing to do in order to meet its ambitious targets of zero carbon emissions by 2050:
AS: The UK actually has been making progress… This isn’t about forcing anyone to do anything, this is about providing incentives.
People ‘shouldn’t be concerned’ about rising gas prices
The Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has been in emergency talks with energy companies after the price of gas surged by as much as 70 per cent in August alone.
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