Summary
- Voters prioritize environment despite concerns over economy
- All parties except Reform UK support net zero emissions target
- Conservatives focus on renewable energy and nuclear power, delaying some climate targets
- Labour emphasizes home energy efficiency, zero-carbon electricity system by 2030, and increasing windfall tax on oil and gas firms
Summary
- Labour proposes a Green New Deal for housing and transport.
- The Conservative Party aims to plant millions of trees and reach net zero by 2050.
- The Liberal Democrats pledge to ban new coal mines and require new buildings to be zero-carbon.
- The Green Party plans to accelerate the UK’s net zero deadline to 2040 and scrap nuclear power production.
