Become a BusinessGreen member

Chris Packham threatens UK government with legal action over net zero policy delays

Michael Holder

04 October 2023 • 5 min read

Image:

Credit: Chris Packham

TV presenter and conservationist writes to government threatening court action unless it recommits to phase-out timelines for gas boilers and internal combustion engine cars

Wildlife TV presenter and conservationist Chris Packham has become the latest figure to threaten to take the government to court over its spate of recent net zero policy rollbacks, claiming that moves...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

Already a BusinessGreen member?

'Continued success story': Almost £600m of surplus UK food redistributed by firms and charities in 2022

Brookfield Asset Management inks deal to snap up UK developer Banks Renewables

Author spotlight

Michael Holder

Environmental journalist and editor

View profile

More from Michael Holder

'We know what needs to change': COP17 delivers fragile deal, but global nature goals remain distant prospect

COP17: Hopes grow for hard-fought compromise as UN biodiversity talks spill into overtime

More on Policy

Policy

'The Barbra Streisand effect': UK heat pump demand hits new heights in September

September saw the highest ever number for grants issued in a single month through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, fresh figures show

Amber Rolt

30 October 2026 • 4 min read

Policy

Is clean power by 2030 dead? And does it matter?

John Healey's Budget speech yesterday did not formally kill off the government's clean power by 2030 target - but it remains unclear at the time of writing whether or not it is officially still in place, with the Treasury having declined to respond on...