VALUING THE PLANET THROUGH THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Cutting emissions in buildings is critical to achieving net zero
PATRICE CAIRNS POLICY MANAGER, NORTHERN IRELAND, RICS
With the UN Climate Change Summit confirmed to be hosted in Glasgow next year, the UK Government will be on showcase in regard to what domestic polices and measures are in place to tackle the climate crisis.
Following the UK Parliament’s declaration of a national climate emergency earlier this year, the Government in recent months have toughened the legally binding target for net zero to 2050, with further announcements to double International Climate Finance at the UN and create a new cabinet committee on climate change. However the direction of future climate change policy will be determined after the General Election on the 12th December, an election for which a recent Ipsos Mori poll indicates climate change is only slightly behind Brexit, health and crime on the public’s list of priorities to be addressed by the next government.