The fact that some environmental groups and Conservative MPs have welcomed the prospect of having Rishi Sunak as prime minister may show just how much Overton’s window has changed in recent weeks. I can’t.
Sunak is not considered a full-fledged member of the environmental programme, and even allies admit that he saw the “costs more than the benefits” of environmental measures when he was prime minister. But now, a little more than a month into Liz Truss’ administration, many see Snack’s inauguration as prime minister as a welcome relief. Under the truss, long-standing good relations with bodies such as the RSPB, Wildlife Her Trust, and the National Her Trust crumbled, and infighting within the Tories was sparked over her claims to fracking. The weakening of agricultural land and environmental protection in the pending EU legislation, investment zones and return to nature-friendly agriculture payment schemes.
Sean Spears, executive director of the Green Alliance environmental think tank, said:
Spears hopes the new government can mend relations with the green group. [Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs] Someone you can ask respect to – perhaps George Eustice or Tracy Crouch. I hope he can rebuild after five years of very good relationship with environmentalists and Defra was destroyed in six weeks. . “
Green Tories also endorsed Sunak. Philip Dunne, chairman of Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee, has been a bit of an environmental defiant and has dragged his colleagues down over dumping sewage into England’s waterways.
He believes Sunak listened to his more eco-conscious colleagues. He candidly said that the UK net he believes in zero. He has specific suggestions for faster home insulation, which are naturally quite strong.
“He convinced me that he was part of a broad Conservative consensus that we needed to leave the environment in better shape than we left it.”
The former prime minister’s environmentally concerned colleagues have urged him to show his commitment to the cause by removing, or at least reworking, Jacob Rhys-Mogg’s retained EU bill that would remove hundreds of environmental protection laws. asking him to
“I’m sure he’s looking very carefully at the issue of EU law, which could be very damaging,” Dunn said.
Those who work under Boris Johnson and believe in the environmental measures of the 2019 Manifesto believe Sunak will keep the promises made therein.
Former environment minister Rebecca Pow, who resigned after Partygate, said: [on the economics of biodiversity] And I commissioned further work to find out exactly what our natural assets are.
“He was also the person at Cop26 who promised to make us the green financial center of the world…if he becomes prime minister [banks and businesses] We will have confidence that all the environmental laws we have just passed will move forward. “
A former minister, who requested anonymity, said: [the nature-friendly farming subsidies], much closer to the Johnson administration than the Truss. “
While he may be a low-key prime minister, many say Sunak listens to experts and follows the evidence. “I think his holistic approach is non-ideological and he has a great ability to quickly pick up and understand complex details,” the former minister said.
Victoria Prentice, Defra’s agriculture minister under Johnson’s government and now minister for the Department of Work and Pensions, said Sunak listened to environmental enthusiasts, including her daughters, and said she was “really interested in farming.” I’m starting,” he said.
But Sunak was never an avid environmentalist. He has always voted for his party on environmental issues – which means he is largely against measures to prevent climate change – and it’s not something he feels strong enough to defy. He voted in favor of tightening regulations on fracking in his 2015.
Wildlife Trust CEO Craig Bennett wants environmental groups to have a better relationship with Snack than with Truss.
“Liz Truss started attacking nature very early on. We’ll have to see what Rishi Sunak does, but he seems to be a little more open to evidence, reason and logic.” It is,” he said.
But the Truss has given Sunak a lot of work to restore the environmental credentials that the Conservative Party once had.
Mr Bennett said:
“Second, he should drop the investment zone proposal, which is a charter for polluters, one that sets up a race to the bottom for British towns and cities, and who has the worst environmental standards. It is a competition to see if we can do it.
“Third, he should realize the transition to agriculture as promised in the 2019 manifesto and adequately reward farmers who have provided for nature. The fracking ban should be reverted because it would be a complete lie to do anything to.Instead he should unleash investment in British insulation.”
Another concern is climate skepticism, including MP Kemi Badenok, who called the net-zero target “unilateral economic disarmament,” and Steve Baker, founder of the Tory MP’s Net-Zero Scrutiny Group. It is that it has the support of legislators.
Baker said when asked if snacks were good for the environment as prime minister, Archley said: All.“
