New Scientist has been battling to force the UK government to release the full details of its net-zero climate strategy, and now a group of campaigners are taking the challenge to the courts
However, in parallel, Friends of the Earth, ClientEarth and the Good Law Project have been granted judicial reviews challenging the lawfulness of the strategy. The three cases are due to be heard together at the High Court on 8 and 9 June. The crux of their argument is that theplaces a legal obligation on the government to unpack how it will meet its five-yearly carbon targets, known as carbon budgets.
“Our argument is that the government has not provided sufficient information or explanation of how this strategy is going to enable the upcoming carbon budgets to be met,” says Katie de Kauwe, a lawyer at Friends of the Earth. “It hasn’t quantified what impact each of the policies it sets out is actually going to achieve in terms of emissions reductions.
De Kauwe expects the government’s lawyers to argue that UK business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is sincere about combating climate change, but wishes to exercise his discretion in how officials go about it. The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy was contacted for comment.
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