Rishi Sunak insists he is “committed” to achieving net zero carbon emissions, but that the “path to net zero has got to be one that we tread carefully.” The prime minister says he does not want to “unnecessarily burden people with extra hassle or extra cost” as the government aims for their 2050 target. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 I'm committed to net zero.
00:01 I have two young daughters.
00:02 I care about the environment and the climate that I leave them.
00:06 Part of my job is to leave it in a better state than I found it.
00:09 But I think the path to net zero has got to be one that we tread carefully,
00:13 that we bring everyone along with us on that journey.
00:16 And so my view is I'm committed to it.
00:18 We will get there.
00:19 We'll do it in a proportionate, pragmatic way.
00:21 We'll bring people along with us as we do,
00:23 and not unnecessarily burden them with extra hassle or extra cost as we do it.
00:27 That's my overall approach to net zero.
00:30 I think that's one, by the way, wherever I go,
00:32 and I've been talking to people here as you were sitting in on the session.
00:34 I was talking to them afterwards as well.
00:36 I think that's the approach that most people listening will say,
00:38 yeah, that sounds about right.
00:39 We are committed to net zero, but we do need to get there in a sensible way.
00:44 That's how I think most people I talk to wherever I go think is the right way