{"id":40807,"date":"2019-11-28T21:43:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T21:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/?p=40807"},"modified":"2019-11-28T21:45:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T21:45:58","slug":"uk-leaders-debate-best-way-cut-emissions-boris-johnson-ice-sculpture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2019\/11\/28\/uk-leaders-debate-best-way-cut-emissions-boris-johnson-ice-sculpture\/","title":{"rendered":"UK leaders debate climate, with Boris Johnson replaced by ice sculpture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Leaders of Britain\u2019s major political parties &#8211; minus the governing Tories &#8211; have battled it out over their green credentials in the UK\u2019s first ever general election debate on the climate emergency.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The leaders of the Labour Party, SNP, Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party all participated in the detailed discussion on how to reduce the UK\u2019s carbon emissions and restore nature, which ranged from greenhouse gas reduction targets, to zero-carbon homes, to meat consumption.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Conservative leader Boris Johnson chose not to participate, saying ahead of the debate that he did not want environmental issues to be \u201csiloed\u201d. Dripping ice sculptures stood where the leaders of the Conservative and Brexit parties would have been \u2013 a reminder of the glaciers that continue to melt while politicians fail to take action.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The event, hosted by broadcaster Channel 4, comes ahead of the general election on December 12.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These two ice sculptures &#8211; which represent the emergency on planet earth &#8211; will take the place of Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage tonight after they declined our invitation to attend a party leaders&#39; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateDebate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClimateDebate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tune in at 7pm on 4 and here on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GXl7XiFbgA\">https:\/\/t.co\/GXl7XiFbgA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/niPE5MLdGV\">pic.twitter.com\/niPE5MLdGV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News\/status\/1200112941170937859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There was no debate about the reality or urgency of tackling climate change; all leaders were broadly in agreement that emissions need to be reduced steeply in the coming years, and that nature needs to be restored \u2013 the Liberal Democrats\u2019 Jo Swinson was the only leader who did not support a 2030 net-zero goal, instead advocating for a 2045 target.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Instead, it was a debate that, as the SNP\u2019s Nicola Sturgeon emphasised, was largely about \u201ccommon unity and purpose\u201d, and the questions focused on the measures that the parties supported to achieve these goals. Brexit, which has dominated much of the election to date, was largely off the table during this discussion, although Swinson in particular stressed that she considered leaving the EU a \u201cclimate crime\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2019\/11\/27\/angela-merkel-criticises-eib-decision-ban-gas-lending\/\"><strong>Angela Merkel<\/strong> criticises EIB decision to ban gas lending<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">While there was broad support for renewables, Corbyn was forced to defend his support for nuclear power, with Sturgeon demanding to know why he wasn\u2019t ruling out the technology. \u201cThere has to be a baseline of production of electricity from some totally sustainable source,\u201d said Corbyn, adding that any party that came into power would have to deal with a mixed power grid.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There was also widespread enthusiasm for zero-carbon homes, although the leaders struggled to answer exactly how they would retrofit the country\u2019s existing housing stock. The Green Party\u2019s Sian Berry said that \u00a338 billion of the \u00a3100 billion that the party would spend on climate change was earmarked for improving the efficiency of the UK\u2019s housing stock.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The question of whether British people should eat less meat proved difficult to navigate. While farming has a generally detrimental impact on biodiversity, some leaders were evidently wary of alienating rural voters. Plaid Cymru\u2019s leader, Adam Price, was reluctant to acknowledge that Wales\u2019 sheep farming industry might have to change in order to improve the nation\u2019s biodiversity and reduce its carbon footprint, stressing that farmers were \u201callies\u201d rather than \u201cenemies\u201d. It was an argument that didn\u2019t sit well with expert viewers: Doug Parr, Greenpeace UK\u2019s chief scientist, tweeted that Price was \u201ca bit all over the place\u201d regarding farming.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Climate news straight to your inbox?<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/newsletter-sign-up\/\">Sign up here<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"x_gmail-docs-internal-guid-7aa3447a-7fff-596d-038a-d067415b5033\">Climate change is expected to be a key topic in the general election. Voters will go to the polls following a year of heightened activism, including protests by Extinction Rebellion and school strikes inspired by Greta Thunberg. A <a href=\"https:\/\/yougov.co.uk\/topics\/politics\/articles-reports\/2019\/11\/07\/which-issues-will-decide-general-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">YouGov poll<\/a> in November found that the environment had rocketed in importance for voters: in 2017, only 8% of British voters considered it one of the top three most important issues; today a quarter place it among their top three concerns, tied in fourth place with the economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It was the first time that there had been a TV election debate on nature and climate. The event was organised after a petition by the climate NGO Possible, which ran a petition signed by more than 200,000 people. Max Wakefield, director at Possible, said that the debate \u201chas set a new standard for political discourse around elections\u201d and that it was clear that the \u201cclimate and nature emergency\u201d had not previously received the attention it deserved.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/alexwickham\/boris-johnson-is-threatening-to-review-channel-4s\">Buzzfeed reported<\/a> that the Conservatives had threatened Channel 4 with a review of its broadcasting obligations. A party spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2019\/nov\/28\/ice-sculpture-to-replace-boris-johnson-in-channel-4-climate-debate\">told the Guardian<\/a> the ice sculpture in place of Johnson was a \u201ca provocative partisan stunt\u201d.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Conservative manifesto pledges to reduce emissions to net-zero by 2050, which is well behind most of the other parties. It also promises that the party will invest \u00a3800 million in carbon capture and storage, as well as another \u00a3500 million to help energy-intensive industries to low-carbon techniques.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Greenpeace has criticised the Conservative manifesto as \u201chalf-baked\u201d, while Caroline Lucas, a Green Party MP, condemned Johnson\u2019s failure to appear at the debate.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cTwo thirds of the public, and half of his own voters want to see him join the world\u2019s first televised leaders climate and nature debate,\u201d said Lucas. \u201cIt\u2019s outrageous that he can\u2019t spare an hour to address the greatest challenges of our time. 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