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Fifty Conservative MPs asked Theresa May to adopt an ambitious goal to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2050, to show international leadership on climate change and protect British jobs.
Former ministers Damian Green, Oliver Letwin and Anna Soubry are among the signatories of the letter to Prime Minister, who said that a stronger long-term goal would reduce energy bills and reduce energy bills. improve the quality of the air.
The United Kingdom is committed to reducing its emissions by 80% by 2050. However, the government has recently asked its climate advisers to consider the need to further reduce emissions in light of climate change. A historic United Nations report on the risks of global warming.
Simon Clarke, Conservative MP for Brexiter who organized the letter, said: "By setting a net goal to zero by 2050, we can ensure that the UK is at the forefront of the technological revolution. zero carbon while consolidating our status as a world leader in climate. "
More than 160 MPs signed the call until May, including the Labor Party, SNP, Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party. The organizers hope 100 Conservative MPs will be hired by the time the government advisers, the Climate Change Committee, report back next spring.
Achieving a clear net emissions target before 2050 would require profound changes other than those already underway in the energy, buildings and transportation fields.
But the signatories of the letter argue that the UK would be "at the forefront of the clean industry investment race" and rely on a history of "British ingenuity" in science and engineering.
Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn used his speech at the September conference to engage the party to achieve a clear net emissions target by mid-century. The letter requests that the goal be reached by 2050 but there is no agreed date – the WWF said this week that 2045 was possible.
The intervention comes before the Royal Assent of the 10th anniversary of the Climate Change Act, the same day the Ministry of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is to issue a major report on the consequences of global warming on the United Kingdom.
