Pádraig Hoare: Hard not to be cynical about commitment to climate neutrality
By conjuring up make-believe wars on motorists and meat eaters, Rishi Sunak — previously somewhat of a pragmatist, albeit not gone on the whole climate action thing — has given in to the most extreme elements of Tory MPs and members.
Perhaps Greta Thunberg was prescient after all about world leaders' commitment to tackling climate change — the way Europe is heading, policy might as well be "green economy, net zero, build back better, blah blah blah".
As the European Commission attempts to install Ursula von der Leyen's handpicked right-wing nominee Wopke Hoekstra — a former Shell employee — to take charge of the EU's climate action until the middle of next year, the ruling Tory party in Britain has abandoned any pretense that it cares a jot about tackling climate change.
