UK scales back climate goals

The United Kingdom is scaling back its climate goals. The UK ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles will be delayed from 2030 to 2035, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday. In addition, the switch from gas boilers to heat pumps in private homes will be slowed, and no homeowner will be forced to improve thermal insulation. This was intended to reduce what Sunak calls unacceptable costs for citizens. Referring to previous climate goals, he told a press conference, „If we continue down this path, we risk losing the British people.“ Then, he said, there will be no popular support for the measures.