Paris - what's the catch?: Our article on the UK's response to December's Paris climate talks provoked a lively response

摘要

COP21 should prompt a UK energy policy rethink. However, the UK government's stance gives very little cause for optimism that it will do so and provide the nation with a coherent policy that both reduces our GHG emissions rapidly and encourages economic growth by stimulating innovation and engineering excellence in the renewable and associated sectors. The failure of leadership shown by this government will leave a legacy - environmental, economic and societal - that will be felt by future generations long after Cameron and Osborne have gone.