{"id":79,"date":"2021-10-26T10:32:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T09:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/econyq.com\/news\/?p=79"},"modified":"2021-10-26T10:32:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T09:32:57","slug":"climate-change-make-people-fly-less-ministers-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dev-econyq.com\/news\/climate-change-make-people-fly-less-ministers-told\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate change: Make people fly less, ministers told"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Climate Change Committee advisory body says ministers also have not shown how to achieve their ambition of cutting the demand for road travel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It warns a \u201ctechno-centric\u201d approach to cutting emissions adopted by the prime minister has a high risk of failure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But a\u00a0report from the committee<\/a>\u00a0praised the government’s Net Zero Strategy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A government spokeswoman welcomed the CCC\u2019s generally positive response to the Net Zero Strategy and said it would meet all its climate change goals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Boris Johnson has regularly promised that climate change can be tackled without what he calls \u201chairshirtery\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Many experts agree technology is needed but say behaviour must change too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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They judge that the demand for high-carbon activities must be cut for the UK to meet climate targets in the 2030s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The report from the CCC – an independent body advising the UK and devolved governments on emissions targets – comes ahead of\u00a0the COP26 climate summit which will be held in Glasgow from Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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