"Kemi Badenoch has committed the party to repealing the Climate Change Act and abandoning the commitment to reach net zero by 2050, arguing that the target threatens to bankrupt Britain. The repeal of the act would remove the need to meet carbon budgets ceilings, set for five-year periods, on the amount of greenhouse gas that can be emitted and disband the Climate Change Committee – a watchdog that advises on how policies affect the UK's carbon footprint."
"Speaking to the Smart Society Show podcast, Johnson said: Certainly in my party, it's all about bashing the green agenda, and personally I don't think we'll get elected on that. I didn't see us soaring in the polls as a result of saying what rubbish net zero is. I didn't see a massive leap in support for the Conservatives."
Boris Johnson cautioned that the Conservative Party will not win the next election by attacking the green agenda and said negative messaging on net zero did not produce a polling surge. Kemi Badenoch has pledged to repeal the Climate Change Act, abandon the legal net zero by 2050 target, remove statutory carbon budgets and disband the Climate Change Committee. Badenoch proposes replacing the act with an energy strategy prioritising cheap, reliable energy to drive economic growth. Johnson said the Ukraine war and energy price spike made the case for CO2 reduction harder, but he maintained his zeal for net zero.
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