Tony Blair Slams Labour’s ‘Unrealistic and ‘Unworkable’ Net Zero Policies – Guido Fawkes

Tony Blair Slams Labour’s ‘Unrealistic and ‘Unworkable’ Net Zero Policies

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Tony Blair has delivered a scathing rebuke to Labour’s climate policy in a foreword to a new report from the Tony Blair Institute, ‘The Climate Paradox: Why We Need to Reset Action on Climate Change’. Blair brands Labour’s net zero agenda as “inadequate”, “unrealistic” and “unworkable”:

“The current approach isn’t working… These are the inconvenient facts, which mean that any strategy based on either ‘phasing out’ fossil fuels in the short term or limiting consumption is a strategy doomed to fail… The disdain for technology in favour of the purist solution of stopping fossil-fuel production is totally misguided… The COP process will not deliver change at the speed required… Political leaders by and large know that the debate has become irrational. But they’re terrified of saying so for fear of being accused of being ‘climate deniers’.”

The paper instead calls for prioritising adaptation to unavoidable climate impacts, backing tech solutions, nuclear power and rethinking the net zero obsession with immediate emissions cuts. Red Ed won’t be thrilled to see his own side lighting up his green dream – especially since Blair is reportedly still whispering in Starmer’s ear behind the scenes. Meanwhile, experts are blaming yesterday’s colossal blackouts across Spain and Portugal on the Spanish grid’s overreliance on solar and wind energy. Not the first time Blair has hit out at his own party over net zero…