Tori MPz fir ɖt net ziro z hrtñ pur ppl. Ignor ɖer croc̣dîltirz
(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 16 February 2022)
Ɖ Net-Ziro Scrūṭnigrūp clem grīn leviz r a brdn, yt ɖer ǒn parti z cutñ spendñ on eṇji ifiśnsi
Caṛlîn Lūc̣s, Wnzde 16 Febrri 2022
Partiget hz sjstd ɖt ɖ prîm̦inistr hz, śl w se, a flex̣bl aproć t ɖ rūl v lw. Ɖ lwz v fizics, y wd ʈnc, canot b trītd so cerlisli – yt ɖt z ẃt z haṗnñ insd ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti. Ɖr hz bn a rlentlis pś bî sm MPz fr ɖ YC t abandn ǎr clîṃțargits n slo dǎn, or īvn abandn, ɖ trnziśn t net-ziro imiśnz.
Ɖ gol v net ziro bî 2050 at ɖ lêtist z nt sm faśṇbl grīn mīm or vrćusigṇlñ bî ɖ cumftbl midl clasz. It z ɖ meźr w mst tec t cīp ɖ olrdi penfl n lîf-ʈreṭñ impacts v clîṃtćenj wɖn ɖ bǎndz v ɖ maniɉbl. Ɖs gol z śerd nt jst bî sayntists n invîrnmntl campenrz bt bî 192 guvnmnts, mor ɖn 90 mejr bancs n ol v ɖ wrld’z mejr invstmntmanijrz.
Ax́n on clîṃtćenj z wn v ɖ fy rmenñ eriaz ẃr Britn hz a creḍbl clem t globl līdrśp. Onli ʈri munʈs ago, w wr hostñ ɖ YN clîṃtsumit, Cop26, ɖ most importnt inṭnaśnl gaɖ̇rñ in ɖ YC fr decedz. W hv set ɖ pes in dcarḅnîzñ ǎr ǒn icoṇmi n crietñ ɖ globl guvnnșistm t manij ɖ rspons t ɖ clîṃtcrîsis. W hv dn so bcz it z in ǎr naśnl inṭrest, az s’xesiv guvnmnts, Lebr n Cnsrṿtiv, hv rec̣gnîzd. W canot asc uɖr cuntriz t em fr net ziro f w abandn ǎr cmitmnt t it ǎrslvz.
Yt ɖt z jst ẃt ɖ tîni grūp v Cnsrṿtiv MPz in ɖ Net-Ziro Scrūṭnigrūp r trayñ t mc s d, in ɖ lêtist salvo v ɖer xntric opziśn t saund sayns. Léd bî Stīv Becr n Creg MCinle n sm v ɖer feʈfl ćirlīdrz in ɖ rîtwñ pres, ɖe r dmandñ ɖ prîm̦inistr abandnz ɖ grīn leviz ɖt hlp fnans Britn’z drîv t net ziro, ǎt v apaṛnt cnsrn ovr sōrñ eṇjibilz.
Ɖe r rît t b wurid abt ɖ impact v eṇji prîsrîzz on evriwn in Britn, ispeṣ́li lo-incm hǎsholdz. Ɖ welfér v miłnz v ppl z at risc, ptnṣ́li ʈreṭnñ sośl chīźn. Bt ɖer croc̣dîltirz abt ɖ impact on ɖ līst wel-of wd b mor creḍbl f ɖer parti’z ax́n hd’nt cntribytd t ɖ stet w’r in, bcz ɖ Cnsrṿtiv guvnmnt’s dsiźn t “gt rid v ol ɖ grīn crap” a deced ago mīnz ɖt ɖ YC’z eṇjibílz r £2.5bn hayr ɖn ɖe wd uɖ̇wz hv bn.
Mnẃl, ɖ Camṛn guvnmnt’s cut t eṇji-ifiśnsi subṣdiz hz hd a dṛmatic ifct on ɖ program t insylet Britn’z ntorịsli dráfti hǎzñstoc. In 2012, ovr 1.5m homz in Britn hd ɖer lofts insyletd, cutñ eṇjibilz n pṛvîdñ a larj numbr v jobz ol ovr ɖ cuntri. Last yir, onli 32,000 lofts wr insyletd. Scrapñ ɖ ziro-carbn-homz standd, az ɖ Cnsrṿtivz dd in 2015, hz léd t mor ɖn a miłn ny homz biyñ bilt t lowr eṇji ifiśnsi ɖn ɖe wd uɖ̇wz hv hd, rzultñ in hayr bilz fr ɖoz livñ in ɖm.
Ɖr z smʈñ dīpli cnfyzd abt ɖ Becr-MCinle atac on grīn leviz az a brdn on purr ppl, ẃn ɖoz leviz hv pleid a sgnificnt part in cīpñ eṇjibilz dǎn. Wind n solr jeṇretrz in ɖ last qortr v 2021, far fṛm biyñ a ćarj on bilz, acć̣li cntribytd £160m t lowrñ ɖm. Frɖrmr, ɖ MPz’ s’pozd cnsrn fr ɖ līst wel-of in ssayti dd’nt stop ɖm votñ ɖs munʈ fr a ny “grīn” levi t fnans ńclir pǎr steśnz ɖt wl pt bilz p.
In eni ces, az hz frīqntli bn pôntd ǎt bî eṇji xprts, globl gasprîsz r oṿẃlmñli rsponsbl fr ɖ spîc in eṇjibilz, nt grīn leviz. Becr n MCinle n ɖer ilc r peyñ mor atnśn t eṇjilobiists ɖn ɖ marcits. Ẃ els wd ɖe b argywñ fr mor fracñ or frɖr Norʈ Sì gas invstmnt, s’pozidli t drîv bilz dǎn, ẃn ɖe nǒ ɖt eni gas pṛdyst wd sel at tde’z globl gasprîsz n simpli fīd windfōl profits?
Bt ɖr z a growñ risc ɖt in hiz eḟts t cīp hiz job ɖ prîm̦inistr wl b tmtd t ad grīn leviz or Britn’z clîṃțargits t ɖ “red mìt” biyñ ʈroun t ɖ Becr-MCinle grūṗskl, t ɖ cnsrn v clîṃtdipḷmats sć az ɖ arc̣tect v ɖ Paris agrīmnt, Laurence Tubiana.
Ɖ guvnmnt wd d betr t tec its îdịlojicl ft ǎt v its mǎʈ n cīp its maṇfstopromis t spend £9bn v public muni on ɖ eṇji ifiśnsi ɖt wd acć̣li hlp cnsymrz az wel az ɖ planit.
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