- June 14, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
More than 100 business leaders have warned Boris Johnson that his plans to tear up the planning system in England risk opening up protected land for development and may leave the UK in breach of legally-binding environmental targets.
In a letter sent to the prime minister on Friday, FTSE 100 bosses, academics and sustainability experts said that the proposals did not go far enough to ensure environmental objectives would be met.
The UK has pledged to become a “net zero” emitter of carbon by 2050 and has set in law a binding target to slash emissions by 78 per cent by 2035 compared with 1990 levels.
But that target risks being missed because of the government’s “siloed” approach to three of its core policy areas: housebuilding, infrastructure development and hitting environmental goals, according to Julie Hirigoyen, chief executive of the UK Green Building Council, which co-ordinated the letter alongside the Aldersgate…
