From 6m agoKey events6m agoSunak says he is confident government has policies in place to meet its climate targetsFilters BETAKey events (1)Rishi Sunak (6)2m ago03.22 EDT
Q: On boilers, you are saying it will be possible to install a new gas boiler up to 2035. So they could be operating up to 2050.
Sunak says a boiler typically lasts 15 years. And 2050 is the deadline for net zero.
He says people will have to make changes.
He says 2035 is a “sensible date”.
But he says he has also introduced exemptions for households where installing a heat pump does not make sense.
3m ago03.20 EDT
Q: Ford says you have undermined consistency.
Sunak says Ford made those comments before he made his speech. Since then, other car manufacturers have been more positive.
Q: Manufacturers say they won’t have an incentive to invest.
Sunak says he does not accept that, because the targets are in line with most other major countries.
5m ago03.18 EDT
Sunak says people who disagree with him must explain why they want families to have to pay an extra £5,000, £10,000 or £15,000.
Q: No one is suggesting people will have to spend that money now.
Sunak says there were polices in place (on boilers) kicking in in just two years.
6m ago03.17 EDTSunak says he is confident government has policies in place to meet its climate targets
Q: People will be surprised by you saying you are not slowing down. Alok Sharma is at the UN. He was the Cop26 president, and he says there is consternation at the UN about your speech. You will encourage other countries to slow down.
Sunak says, at the G20, he made the biggest ever UK contribution to help the poorest countries to transition.
He says the UK target for decarbonisation by 2030 is 68%. He says other countries have lower targets. These are the facts that count.
Q: But people are concerned about where were are going.
Sunak says these are targets for 2030.
Q: The Climate Change Committee monitors if the government can meet its target, and it says the UK does not have the policies in place to meet its targets.
He says the secretary of state is legally bound to ensure policies are in place to meet these targets.
Q: The CCC says you don’t.
Sunak says he is confident in his position.
And he says the government has “consistently overdelivered” in meeting its climate target.
The cost of new technology is coming down. And take-up of green technologies is increasing.
12m ago03.12 EDT
Nick Robinson is interview Rishi Sunak in No 10, in the Thatcher Room.
Robinson starts by recalling Margaret Thatcher going to the UN to warn against climate change.
Q: But you have not gone to the UN this year, and you are slowing down measures on climate change?
Sunak says he is not slowing down the climate targets.
He says you cannot look at the events this summer and not think climate change is real.
But, as Thatcher would have said, it is not right to assert a goal without having a clear plan to get there, he says.
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