"Plans by Reform UK to rescind the declaration of a climate emergency at one of the English county councils it now controls have been condemned by opposition parties. Hundreds of local authorities across Britain have made the declarations, which serve as acknowledgments that they need to act on the causes and impacts of climate change and are linked to efforts to achieve net zero targets. However, the draft of a motion that will come before Reform-controlled Kent county council on Thursday states that it will rescind the climate emergency declaration, which it said was stifling debate. The motion includes plans to replace the council's net zero 2030 target with what was described as an energy efficiency plan focused on financial returns and investigate opportunities to create additional revenue streams."
"Kent is at the forefront of climate impacts. We are severely water stressed, we will suffer most from summer heatwaves, the sea level rises will devastate communities and we will have new diseases such as dengue to contend with. This is most definitely an emergency."
"They call sensible, evidence-based plans expensive virtue-signalling', but the reality is they are the ones peddling a dangerous and costly fantasy. Their approach would l"
Reform-controlled Kent county council will consider a motion to rescind its 2019 climate emergency declaration and replace the council's net zero 2030 target with an energy-efficiency plan prioritizing financial returns and potential revenue streams. Hundreds of UK local authorities had declared climate emergencies as acknowledgments to act on climate causes and impacts and link to net zero efforts. Green councillor Stuart Jeffery warned of severe water stress, summer heatwaves, sea level rises up to 80cm, and new diseases such as dengue, calling the situation an emergency. Liberal Democrat leader Antony Hook described Reform's move as political vandalism after a record-breaking dry summer and warned of harmful consequences for farmers and vulnerable people.
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