Why Net Zero Is a Battle for Political Middle Ground

Is Net Zero doomed to fail?

As climate change lengthens its stride, our response is becoming increasingly polarised. Nigel Farage’s talk of “Net Zero lunacy” helped Reform win hundreds of council seats and a by-election earlier this month, while Tony Blair’s comment that Net Zero is “doomed to fail”, which he later revoked, was seized on by environmentalists as evidence of betrayal. Meanwhile, in Germany, Alternative für Deutschland was pushed to its current position — the

The Coalition is reviewing its net zero pledge. Some Liberals are alarmed

Coalition leaders have made clear the pledge to lower emissions to net zero by 2050 is on the table, as the Liberal Party reviews its policies after its disastrous election defeat.

Why net zero is a battle for political middle ground

Both sides of the federal Coalition are debating their ongoing commitment to net zero emissions, and the outcome will shape the political landscape.

Five ways to improve net zero action – our new research highlights lessons from the past

by Karen Bickerstaff, University of Exeter; Alice Moseley, University of Exeter, and Patrick Devine-Wright, University of Exeter The current UK government and its recent predecessors have shown a reluctance to encourage and enable lifestyle changes that reduce our collective demand for energy. Fearing a backlash from voters, many UK politicians neglect key weapons in the … Continue reading Five ways to improve net zero action – our new research …

Breaking out of the net zero straitjacket

T hree cheers for Liberal MP Andrew Hastie, a potential party leader, for speaking the plain truth on the ABC’s Four Corners. Hastie rightly described the…