Climate Assembly UK

Climate Assembly UK brought together people from all walks of life to discuss how the UK can reduce [[greenhouse gas emissions]] to [[net zero]] by [[2050]]. At the assembly, participants learnt about [[climate change]] and how the UK can address it, took time to discuss this with one another, and then made recommendations about what should happen.

About - Climate Assembly UK

Climate Assembly UK had 108 members selected through a process known as ‘[[sortition]]’ or a ‘civic lottery’ to be representative of the UK population. They included include engineers, health workers, parents and grandparents.

Who took part? - Climate Assembly UK

Key recommendations in the report included:

• Frequent flyer tax for individuals who fly furthest and most often.
• Increased government investment in low carbon buses and trains.
• An early shift to electric vehicles.
• An urgent ban on selling heavily polluting vehicles such as SUVs.
• Grants for people to buy low-carbon cars.
• A reduction in the amount we use cars by 2–5% per decade.
• Making wind and solar energy a key part of how the UK reaches net zero.
• Greater reliance on local produce and local food production.
• A change in diet – driven by education – to reduce meat and dairy consumption by between 20% and 40%.

UK climate assembly: tax frequent flyers and ban SUVs as part of Covid recove…

Wonder how many of these have been put in place. The recent [[UK energy strategy]] didn't honour the centrality of wind and solar.