We’ve asked time and again for what hitting a 2030 deadline would look like – and I’m sorry to say there is no plan for it.
But it doesn't have to be this way.
GMB is proud to support today calls for a comprehensive plan that commits us to global leadership in tackling climate breakdown.
It is essential that we create millions of new jobs in energy and other parts of public services to respond to climate breakdown.
Sellafield worker & GMB member Joseph Ghayouba speaks at Labour Conference
There is plenty of agreement on that.
It really shouldn’t be controversial to want an energy solution that reduces emissions, saves the planet, but creates decent jobs, keeps the lights on and the economy moving.
We can do that. But not by 2030. To reach this target by 2030 work would have had to have started ten years ago - it wasn’t.