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Why the Climate Change Act cannot be 'suspended'

Jonathan Church, ClientEarth
clock 17 October 2014 •

Jonathan Church, climate and energy lawyer for ClientEarth, explains why Owen Paterson is wrong to suggest the CCA can be halted

Owen Paterson, the former Environment Secretary, has been arguing this week that ministers should exercise a clause in the Climate Change Act that allows them to suspend the law without another vote of...

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