Climate experts and activists have cautiously welcomed Labour’s proposals to tackle the intensifying environmental crisis, but urged the party not to veering away from a wider “green” New Deal agenda in a bid to ensure a quick and equitable transition to a low-carbon economy.

The study also discovered that Britain is one of the countries showing the way.

Climate experts on Friday applauded the party’s plans.

By the end of the decade this new technology could deliver savings of up to 8.5 gigatonnes of carbon equivalent and a 61% cut in global transport emissions, the report said.

It would also damage Labour’s credibility ahead of Copenhagen, the global climate summit in Glasgow in November.

Andy Wales, BT ‘We have led on climate action for more than 30 years and will continue to take action in line with the report’s findings.

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