“A reckless and indefensible move’: Badenoch says Conservatives would scrap UK Climate Change Act”

The Aldersgate Group is quoted in edie challenging the Conservative Party’s stance on the UK Climate Change Act.

The Aldersgate Group’s executive director, Rachel Solomon Williams, said: “The CCA has been widely welcomed by businesses across the economy and hailed as good practice internationally. Over nearly two decades, it has successfully provided a consistent signal, driving innovation and enabling businesses to invest in the UK with confidence.

“The Act does not dictate how targets must be met, and has placed no requirements on consumers. At this economically turbulent time, further legislative change would undermine that confidence, compromising the UK’s credibility as a place to do business… Removing the Act would offer no benefits to the public or to business, while putting jobs, investment and energy security at risk.”

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