middle and end, and the outcome of what exactly i m paying for would actually stand for i would, rebecca willis is a professor in energy and climate governance at the university of lancaster and is the expert lead of the uk s citizens assembly on climate change. i asked her if she thought the governments plans went far enough? to give credit to this government, it s probably one of the most comprehensive plans to tackle climate change that we have seen from a major economy. there is some real high points like the requirements on car companies to produce an increasing proportion of electric vehicles like the support to move from electric heat and move to electric heating so that we are not using fossilfuels, gas, to heat our homes any more. so there are some solid commitments in here, but at the end of the day, the only thing that we can
sacrifice an obvious measure is better insulation. many experts want this given a bigger push. and the government s independent climate adviser says more needs to be spelled out. it s not a triple gold star. i mean, it s important to say that. we have a new plan for getting to net zero, and it looks like it s a more comprehensive one, but what we don t have, sadly, is all of the detail on how it s going to be delivered. the government was running out of time to announce its policies. hosting the cop26 climate summit in glasgow next month, it is in the global spotlight. so, promising action isn t enough. david shukman, bbc news. rebecca willis is a professor in energy and climate governance at the university of lancaster and is the expert lead of the uk s citizens assembly on climate change. i asked her if she thought the governments plans went far enough? to give credit to this
and is the expert lead of the uk s citizens assembly on climate change. the great to have you on newsday today. just want to start by asking you, you know, from what we have seen and david s reported that and the fact that there is some criticism that a lot of this is just rhetoric, ambitious targets, but no real action to necessarily backed it all up, even the net zero targets by 2058 is too distant to bring about decarbonisation soon enough. to give credit to this decarbonisation soon enough. to give credit to this government, decarbonisation soon enough. to give credit to this government, it s - credit to this government, it s probably one of the most comprehensive plans to tackle climate change that we have seen from a major economy. there is some real high plains like the requirements on car companies to produce an increasing proportion of electric vehicles like the support