Dropñ grīn plejz wd b ‘p’liticl suisîd’, Sūnac n Starmr wornd
Transcription of a Guardian article of 22 July 2023
Sayns n biznis līdrz se lrć awe fṛm clîṃt’jnda aftr bîilx́nz wd b dīpli unpopylr wɖ votrz n damij YC’z repyteśn
Mîcl Savij, Tobi Hlm n Robin MCi, Saṭde, 22 Jlî 2023
Britn’z līdrz hv bn wornd agnst a “p’liticli sụsîdl” lrć awe fṛm ɖer grīn plejz az cnsrnz gro ɖt bʈ mejr partiz me dlūt ɖer planz t combat ɖ clîṃtcrîsis in ɖ wec v a śoc bîilex́n rzult.
Sīńr figrz fṛm biznis, ɖ sạntific cḿṇti n acrs ɖ p’liticl dvîd wornd ɖt eni wōṭrñ dǎn v clîṃtpoḷsiz wd b dīpli unpopylr wɖ votrz, set bac ɖ inṭnaśnl fît t rīć net ziro n damij Britn’z grīn repyteśn.
Ɖr r firz ɖt bʈ Riśi Sūnac n Cir Starmr wl lūsn ɖer s’port fr sć poḷsiz aftr ɖ Cnsrṿtivz’ s’prîz win in ɖ Uxbrij n Sǎʈ Rîslip bîilex́n on Ʈrzde. Ɖ Toriz naroli wún ɖ sīt, bî jst 495 vots, wɖ a campen ɖt capiṭlîzd on opziśn t planz bî Lundn’z Lebr mẹr Sdīc Cān t xtnd ɖ ultra-lo imiśnz̦on (Úliz).
Sūnac z olrdi biyñ rjd bî ɖ rît v ɖ parti n sm v hiz ǒn cabiṇt t rīʈnc hiz cmitmnt t grīn poḷsiz in ɖ lît v ɖ Uxbrij rzult. Mnẃl, a sīńr Lebr MP wornd ɖt Starmr risct “alawñ ɖ Toriz t edit ɖ nxt Lebr maṇfesto” ovr clîṃtćenj. Ɖ Lebr līdr hd sd ɖ Uxbrij rzult śoud ɖ parti mst nt adopt poḷsiz ɖt cd b fīćrd on Tori ilex́nlīflits.
Ɖr z a cnsrtd eḟt ɖs wīcend t enśur ɖt ɖ p’liticl yṇti ovr Britn’z net-ziro emz rmenz in ples. Aloc Śarma, a formr Tori cabiṇtministr n prezidnt v Cop26, sd it wz vîtl ɖt ol partiz mntend ɖ p’liticl cnsnss on psywñ net ziro.
“W hv bilt p a brōd p’liticl cnsnss in ɖ YC on psyt v net-ziro poḷsiz ẃć r gd fr ɖ icoṇmi, jobz, xports n ɖ invîrnmnt. Bizṇsz s’port ɖs ajnda bcz ɖe cn si ɖ ic̣nomic beṇfits, h tld ɖ Obzrvr. “N ɖ indipndnt Ofis fr Bujit Rsponsbiḷti hz notd ɖt unmiṭgetd clîṃtćenj wd ultiṃtli hv caṭstrofic ic̣nomic n fiscl consiqnsz fr ɖ YC.
“Cnsrnz abt ɖ invîrnmnt n clîṃtćenj olso cnsistntli ranc amñ ɖ top iśuz v importns fr votrz. Gvn ɖ ic̣nomic, invîrnmntl n ilectṛl ces fr clîṃt ax́n, it wd b slf-dfitñ fr eni p’liticl parti t sīc t brec ɖ p’liticl cnsnss on ɖs vîtl ajnda,” Śarma wornd.
Zac Goldsmiʈ, ɖ formr ministr hu qit ɖ guvnmnt ovr ẃt h dscrîbd az Sūnac’s lac v inṭrest in ɖ invîrnmnt, sd ɖt eni parti rīʈncñ its cmitmnt t ɖ clîṃt wd b puniśt. “Bîilex́n rzults cn b intrpṛtd in cǎntlis wez, n it z ɖ nećr v poḷtiśnz n p’liticl comntetrz t wéj ɖer ǒn preɉdisz intu ɖ ǎtcumz,” h tld ɖ Obzrvr. “Bt t yz ɖz rīsnt rzults t advc̣t abandnmnt v ɖ YC’z prīvịs invîrnmntl līdrśp z sinicl n idiotic.
“It wd olso b p’liticli sụsîdl, gvn ɖ vri dīp n wîd s’port fr ax́n on ɖ invîrnmnt ɖt xists rît acrs ɖ ilectṛt. N it z imoṛl, gvn ɖt bʈ guvnmnt n opziśn acnolij ɖ graṿti v ɖ crîsis w fes.
“So it’s hard t b’liv ɖr riyli r ppl at ɖ top v îɖr v ɖ mn partiz cōlñ fr abandnmnt v grīn poḷsiz, bt f ɖr r, I cn onli hop ɖe r hamrd bî ɖ ilectṛt ẃn ɖ tîm cmz,” sd Goldsmiʈ, hu hd bn ministr fr ɖ inṭnaśnl invîrnmnt n clîṃt bfr h stept dǎn fṛm ɖ Foṛn Ofis.
Pṛfesr Nicḷs Strn, hu léd a seminl 2006 rvy on ɖ īc̣nomics v clîṃtćenj, olso iśùd a pli fr līdrśp on ɖ clîṃt. “Er-p’lūśn cilz tnz v ʈǎzndz in ɖ YC ć yir – far mor ɖn deʈs in rodtrafic axidnts – n miłnz arnd ɖ wrld,” h sd.
“Inax́n z nt a sen opśn fr s, ǎr ćildṛn n granćildṛn. Secnd, ɖ costs v invstmnts in ɖ trnziśn awe fṛm fosilfylz r sgnificntli incrist bî poḷsirisc dy t poḷtiśnz ćopñ n ćenjñ ɖer vyz n ax́nz.
“Ʈrd, ɖ invstmntcosts v ɖ trnziśn nīd t b dstribytd ferli. N forʈ, ɖ YC’z repyteśn in ɖ wrld dpndz on its līdrśp on ɖz iśuz. Ǎr standñ hz olrdi bn damijd bî ɖ los v foc̣s sins w hostd ɖ Ynîtd Neśnz clîṃtćenj sumit in Glazgo in 2021.”
Ɖ lêtist Opińm poul fr ɖ Obzrvr hîlîts ɖ periḷs stet ɖ Toriz r in az MPz hedd t ɖer cnstitẏnsiz fr Wsminstr’z sumŗīses. Lebr hz a 17-pônt līd. Ɖ parti rtenz a 42% śer v ɖ vot, wɖ ɖ Toriz on jst 25%.
Sūnac’s tīm r despṛtli srćñ fr wez t rvrs ɖ parti’z fortynz. Az wel az cōlz t bac awe fṛm grīn meźrz, ɖ prîm̦inistr z olso sd t b lcñ at a campen ɖt wd vǎ t “pṛtct” votrz fṛm Lebr poḷsiz. Sūnac’s guvnmnt olrdi apirz t hv wōtrd dǎn n dleid an end t ɖ ifctiv ban on mor onśor windfarmz pt in ples bî Devid Camṛn.
Neʈn Benit, hed v stṛtījic cḿṇceśnz at RnywblYC, ɖ rnywbl-eṇji tred’sośieśn, sd ɖt nǎ wz prisîsli ɖ roñ tîm t b “wōṭrñ dǎn ambiśn” n fr fōls arğmnts t b dveḷpñ abt ɖ costs v grīnñ ɖ icoṇmi. “I am cnsrnd abt a fōls naṛtiv imrjñ ɖt grīn poḷsiz r unpopylr n costli, az ɖt’s srtnli nt ɖ ces fr rnywblz n mni uɖr clīn tecnoḷjiz,” h sd.
“Ny windfarmz r drîvñ dǎn eṇjibilz, n poulz cnsistntli śo ɖt, f enʈñ, ppl wont s t rol ǎt mor rnywblz ɖn w cuṛntli r, includñ ny onśor wind.”
Greg Jacsn, ćīf xektiv v Ocṭṗs Eṇji, ɖ rnywbl-eṇji grūp, sd ɖr wz nǎ a risc ɖt ɖ YC wd lūz ǎt t uɖr cuntriz in ɖ rês fr invstmnt: “Harṇsñ ɖ oṗtyṇtiz v net ziro t dlivr tanɉbl fînanśl beṇfits z xtrimli popylr. Ǎr custmrz luv gtñ ćīp eṇji ẃn it’s windi, or biyñ peid t yz les ẃn it’s nt. Britn hz hd a līd in ćīp, clīn eṇji, bt lîc so mni inḍstriz v ɖ past, w risc uɖr cuntriz gtñ ɖ beṇfit v ǎr iṇveśn – costli fr clîṃt, cost v livñ n naśnl s’kṛti.”
Starmr rezd cnsrnz wɖn ɖ parti bî xtndñ hiz criṭsizm v ɖ Úliz. “W r dwñ smʈñ vri roñ f poḷsiz pt fwd bî ɖ Lebr parti end p on ć n evri Tori līflit,” h tld Lebr’z naśnl poḷsifoṛm in Notñm. It marcs an esc̣leśn v hiz confṛnteśn wɖ Cān ovr ɖ Úliz. In a ćenj in ton, a sors clos t Cān sd on Frîde h wz “liṣnñ t Lundnrz n olwz lcñ at wez h cn adres ɖer cnsrnz”.
Formr śadoćanslr Jon McDonl tld ɖ Obzrvr: “V cors ptnśl poḷsi bnaṇscinz hv t b avôdd, bt f w r nt cerfl, ifctivli ɖs mīnz alawñ ɖ Toriz t edit ɖ nxt Lebr maṇfesto on ɖ gretist iśu fesñ s, ɖ clîṃtcrîsis.”
