UK government taken to court over Net Zero Strategy
ClientEarth is taking the UK government to court over its Net Zero Strategy, claiming that the proposed policies will not deliver the emissions reductions required under legally binding climate targets.
The group of environmental lawyers said that the government has breached its legal duties under the 2008 Climate Change Act. Moreover, they claim that its approach risks having to introduce drastic measures for future generations, with disproportionate impacts on people’s rights to life and to family and private life under the European Convention of Human Rights.
“It’s not enough for the UK government simply to have a net-zero strategy, it needs to include real-world policies that ensure it succeeds,” said Sam Hunter Jones, senior ClientEarth lawyer. “Anything less is a breach of its legal duties and amounts to greenwashing and climate delay.”