UK climate plan: old ideas repackaged

The UK is building new nuclear power plants – the image shows the Sizewell B reactor.

The British government wants to move the country toward net-zero emissions by mid-century. But its latest plans have generally been met with disappointment: They are accused of not being bold enough. Also, the plans contain few proposals for financing climate action.

Since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia over twelve months ago, energy security has become the main mantra of the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his short-lived predecessor Liz Truss, while „climate change“ appears to have largely disappeared from the government’s vocabulary.

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