A fifty-fifty chance of exceeding 1.5 degrees is "worse odds than Russian roulette" and we must reach net zero emissions faster to avoid the worst effects of climate chaos says Friends of the Earth in response to advice from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) on the UK's emissions targets published today.
“You can be in favour of Heathrow expansion, or you can be serious about stopping climate change. You can’t be both”. Oliver Hayes, climate change campaigner at Friends of the Earth