The UK’s response to Climate Change has varied in its intensity. However, the recent science and UN leadership drive has forced the current Government to act faster. What are the government doing? And how can we understand the difference between promises and policy? Keep reading to see how and why the government’s climate strategy has, and at times hasn’t, led to progressive climate action.

Our future weighs heavily on all countries acting together to mitigate climate change. The EU remains a key stakeholder who holds each nation to their responsibility, with directives and strategies that trickle down from intergovernmental bodies and alliances. Over time, these decisions have influenced the UK government’s climate strategy. Keep reading to find out more.

We often ask ourselves - what is the solution to climate change?

Advice pinpoints us to things that we can do as individuals. However, we can feel frustrated that we aren’t seeing tangible bigger picture actions from the government, with the ‘solution’ often relying on laws and governance. So, if the government are still “strikingly unprepared” for climate change, then what actions have they made so far? And what else do they need to do?

In a sense, the relationship between humans and climate change is nothing new. What is different about the current situation that humanity faces, is that the devastating changes in our climate have largely been caused by human behaviour. If people are aware of climate destruction, why do they hesitate to act on it? And who are the pressure groups that are acting on it?