Britain Wobbles on Green Policies That Built Climate Legacy (1) - Bloomberg Law
Britain Wobbles on Green Policies That Built Climate Legacy (1)
It’s November 2021, Boris Johnson is the prime minister of the UK, and he’s making
“If we don’t get serious about climate change today, it will be too late for our children to do so tomorrow,” he tells the audience of global leaders.
That was arguably the moment when Britain’s international climate influence peaked, though much of the work was done long before Johnson entered office. The UK was the first country to set legally binding emissions targets — through the
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