'What planet is he on?': The green economy reacts to the PM's plans to scrap key climate policies

BusinessGreen staff
clock • 17 min read
Rishi Sunak speaks at the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow | Credit: Flickr, Treasury
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Rishi Sunak speaks at the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow | Credit: Flickr, Treasury

BusinessGreen rounds up all the reaction from politicians, campaigners, business leaders, and financiers to the government's reported plans to weaken decarbonisation policies

Reports overnight that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is preparing to ditch or weaken a host of the government's key decarbonisation policies have sparked a furious response from green businesses, campaigners,...

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