In a recent report, the Royal College of Physicians warned that “the increasing popularity of wood burning for heating, in part due to policies to reduce CO2 emissions, risks undoing some of the air quality improvements that have resulted from widespread adoption of gas for domestic heating”. As concerns grow about smog and air pollution in London, the Global Warming Policy Forum has asked the UK government to relinquish support for wood burners and diesel engines that are adding to the growing threat to people's health, particular those in urban environments. The forum is calling on ministers to stop subsidising new cars with more than 100 miles of driving range by 2030, as well as introducing a ban on petrol or diesel-powered vehicles from 2020. However, they emit more of harmful emissions such as particulates, NOx and SOx, which are harmful to human health.
As concerns grow about smog and air pollution in London, the Global Warming Policy Forum has asked the UK government to relinquish support for wood burners and diesel engines that are adding to the growing threat to people's health, particular those in urban environments. The forum is calling on ministers to stop subsidising new cars with more than 100 miles of driving range by 2030, as well as introducing a ban on petrol or diesel-powered vehicles from 2020. However, they emit more of harmful emissions such as particulates, NOx and SOx, which are harmful to human health.