the Levy Control Framework has written to the UK Chancellor to ask him to be explicit in his budget speech tomorrow with regard to the UK's ambition in implementing the Paris Agreement and the positive benefits that can be accrued for the economy, business and government working together. Blue chip companies are calling for government to clearly align its ambitions, warning that trading emissions are not in line with COP21 goals. For the UK to reduce its emissions to say, a net zero would represent a substantial increase in ambition, effectively de-carbonising the much more difficult to reach sectors of the economy such as agriculture, heat and transportation.
The Corporate Leaders Group has written to the UK Chancellor to ask him to be explicit in his budget speech tomorrow with regard to the UK's ambition in implementing the Paris Agreement and the positive benefits that can be accrued for the economy, business and government working together. Blue chip companies are calling for government to clearly align its ambitions, warning that trading emissions are not in line with COP21 goals. For the UK to reduce its emissions to say, a net zero would represent a substantial increase in ambition, effectively de-carbonising the much more difficult to reach sectors of the economy such as agriculture, heat and transportation.