Action not words are needed for the UK to tackle climate change

AS we welcome the "back to work" days of autumn, we now bask in unseasonal 30-degree heat. Throughout summer, we have seen or experienced the effects of climate change. Europe has experienced threat-to-life floods in Italy and extreme heat in Greece within the same week.

- Professor Stefan Allesch-Taylor

We all talk about how "crazy" the weather seems to be. The business case for transitioning to net zero should be a priority at the next election. Small businesses are desperate to play their part but have no idea how to and no guidance from the Government regarding how to measure their progress.

In June, the shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves killed the Labour party's flagship Green Prosperity Plan. The plan called for increasing the UK national debt by an extra £140 billion to commit to "climate-friendly investments" (whatever they are exactly?). Labour argued that the Tories had busted the country, making that commitment challenging at the £28 billion a year for five years proposed. The Tories said the Labour proposal would drive up inflation and borrowing costs, hurting households, and the Green Party argued reneging on the plan would see thousands of jobs lost. So, lots of mature consensus on an attempt for the UK to contribute to saving humanity, then.