London, UK. Today, the UK Government announced their five-year UN mandated climate action plan (nationally determined contribution) reaffirming the commitment of cutting emissions by 81% by 2035 – a pledge made by Prime Minister Keir Starmer during the UN climate negotiations in Azerbaijan (COP29) last year.
Matilda Borgström, UK campaigner at 350.org said:
“An ambitious climate target on paper is a useful signal to the rest of the world of the kind of ambition that is needed to tackle climate change and bring down energy bills due to high gas prices. More can be done, but this is indeed a significant step forward. Yet the climate goal explicitly excludes emissions from aviation which is a convenient miss given the government’s irresponsible plans for a third runway in Heathrow.”
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Switzerland and New Zealand have also submitted their UN-mandated climate action plans. You can find responses to these announcements below:
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