The surroundings secretary has defended the federal government’s web zero agenda after Sir Tony Blair mentioned phasing out fossil fuels was “doomed to fail”.
The previous prime minister mentioned the strategy to transitioning to a inexperienced financial system wasn’t “working” and was “inadequate” in a report revealed yesterday by the Tony Blair Institute.
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He mentioned transitioning to a inexperienced financial system was essential for the UK to take again “control of our own energy supply” particularly in mild of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
In his foreword to the report, Sir Tony known as the entire technique of transitioning to a inexperienced financial system “unrealistic”.
“Present policy solutions are inadequate and, worse, are distorting the debate into a quest for a climate platform that is unrealistic and therefore unworkable,” he wrote.
“Too often, political leaders fear saying what many know to be true: the current approach isn’t working.”
Requested whether or not he believed Sir Tony was proper to say the main focus should not be on utilizing much less fossil fuels however on utilizing strategies resembling carbon seize, Mr Reed conceded that “we’ll still be using fossil fuels… for some time to come”.
He added: “For many decades to come. The transition is so, so transition isn’t gonna happen overnight.”
“If even Tony Blair doesn’t agree with the Labour government, then that is quite a clear message. I would imagine to them that they have got to rethink this.”
