Boris Johnson sets out 10-point plan to get UK on track for net zero

(Climate Home News, 17 Nov 2020) Prime minister Boris Johnson has promised to mobilise £12 billion to put the UK on a path to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, ahead of hosting the Cop26 climate summit next year.

In a long-awaited 10-point plan for a “green industrial revolution” released on Tuesday, Johnson set out his blueprint to boost green investments and create 250,000 jobs to support the country’s former industrial heartland.

More than £1.2 billion of new investments have been earmarked for nuclear, hydrogen and carbon capture technologies. And Johnson committed to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 – 10 years earlier than previously targeted.

The sale of hybrid vehicles will be allowed to continue until 2035 and £1.3bn will be invested in rolling out electric vehicle charging points. Another £1 billion is to be spent in 2021 to make homes and public buildings more energy efficient and ensure the roll out of 600,000 heat pumps a year by 2028.

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Climate Home News, 17 Nov 2020: Boris Johnson sets out 10-point plan to get UK on track for net zero