there s a good start to build on total emissions have already fallen fallen by a5% by 2019. but most of that reduction was achieved by removing coal the most polluting fossil fuel from energy systems. and that was the easy bit. further reductions are going to have a much more direct impact on all of us. the independent climate change committee says it needs to deliver more and publish detailed strategies to reduce emissions from heating buildings, that is expected soon. from transport and for the production of food. let s look at specific pledges. when it comes to heating our homes which counts for 1a% of heating our homes which counts for ia% of the greenhouse emissions, the government has committed to installing 600,000 heat pumps a year by 2028 to replace gas boilers. heat pumps transfer heat from the air, the ground or the water around the property. the climate change committee says the target should be 900 thousands installations a year. the latest available figures say
not ever be able to be paid down. i don t think that s the case. we ve added this year alone 900 thousands jobs, of which 600,000 are private sector. that s not enough to keep up with population growth. we need 150,000 jobs a month to keep up with births and people entering the workforce. you re absolutely right. the last thing we want to do is jeopardize that trend. the home buyer tax credited was extended. the national home buyers association said that was the reason new homes sales rose to such a high amount in april. once that was pulled back, we saw the market begin to crash again. so it s about you can t keep stimulating everything. we need people to buy homes. there are studies that said people bought homes that would have bought them regardless.