The Three Generations Left website continues its good work

The Three Generations Left website continues to single out environmental information noticed by few.

The latest of five valuable posts (19^th July) draws attention to a landmark court judgment which ruled that the UK government’s net-zero strategy is in breach of the law. Summarised here:

The High Court judgment – published amid the Met Office’s first-ever red alert for extreme heat – said the strategy, which sets out plans to decarbonise the economy, does not meet the government’s obligations under the Climate Change Act.

The ruling, from Mr Justice Holgate, states that Greg Hands, the minister for business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS), who was responsible for signing off the net-zero strategy, did not have the legally-required information on how carbon budgets would be met.

It also finds that parliament and the public were effectively kept in the dark about a shortfall in meeting a key target to cut emissions.

The legal challenges were brought by Friends of the Earth, ClientEarth, Good Law Project and environmental campaigner Jo Wheatley and were heard together at the Royal Courts of Justice.

 

 

 

 

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