Expert Comment: Conservative plan to scrap net zero target puts UK climate leadership at risk

Published on October 9, 2025

Sam Fankhauser, Professor of Climate Economics and Policy at the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment and the School of Geography and the Environment, analyses Kemi Badenoch’s announcement that the Conservatives will repeal the 2008 Climate Change Act if they win the next general election. 
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