Ministers are hoping the focus on CCS will provide a basis on which oil and gas development can be continued. The letter also casts doubt on the government’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) investments, saying the technology has “yet to be proved at scale”. The scientists are telling the government in no uncertain terms that they must change course from their path of climate vandalism.” That must be the central aim of the revised net zero strategy.”Įd Miliband, Labour’s shadow secretary for net zero, said: “This letter is a further reminder that the mainstream consensus says doubling down on fossil fuels is the wrong choice, on value for money grounds, won’t solve our energy security needs, won’t create good jobs, and would be completely wrong for the climate. Continued use of fossil fuels is a threat to us, our children and their children instead we should be leading the world in creating a sustainable society powered by green innovation. Now is the time to be investing in the technologies of the future, not the past. They note the stark findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change last week, which found in a “sober but devastating” report that the world had only a narrow chance of avoiding disastrous levels of global heating.Įmily Shuckburgh, director of Cambridge Zero at the University of Cambridge, who organised the letter, said: “Last Monday the IPCC made it clear that immediate action is required to avert a climate catastrophe.
This means including in the forthcoming revised net zero strategy a commitment not to approve any new development of onshore or offshore oil and gas fields.” They say, in a letter seen by the Guardian: “We are writing as members of the research community on climate science and other related disciplines to call on you to ensure the UK once again demonstrates international leadership by acting on the latest warnings about the escalating climate crisis. Aberdeen, the capital of the UK’s oil and gas industry, has been prepared as the launch venue, though this could change after widespread criticism.Īmong the government’s announcements for energy security day are to be a continuation of oil and gas development in the North Sea carbon capture and storage investments worth about £20bn over two decades and a boost for renewable energy.īut the scientists warn in their letter of the disastrous consequences of exceeding 1.5C of global heating, noting that “we already have more than enough coal, oil and gas to overshoot what is deemed our best hope of maintaining a livable climate”, and they urge the prime minister to take a stand.
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