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Paterson, Matthew, Tobin, Paul, Brazier-Tope, Holly, Burns, Charlotte, Kuzemko, Caroline, Lockwood, Matthew, McDaniel, Sean, Peters, Jamie, Sullivan-Thomsett, Chantal 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8571-2629 and Willis, Rebecca
(2024)
Navigating the Backlash:The Future of British Climate Strategy.
The University of Manchester Sustainable Consumption Institute.
Abstract
This Report details the changing political dynamic around climate change in the UK, where there has been a breakdown of pro-climate consensus since 2021. This Report is aimed at campaigners who wish to enhance the UK’s climate policy ambition, both those within NGOs and those within all political parties. It is also written for researchers and journalists seeking greater contextual information for their policy design and reporting work. We document the rise of a backlash against climate policy in the UK, which started in 2021 and has achieved significant impacts on the UK government’s approaches to climate changes. This backlash has changed the nature of Conservative-Labour competition around climate change, from one focused around policy performance, to one questioning how ambitious and rapid UK climate policy should be. The implications have been that, at times, the Conservative Party has assumed anti-Net Zero ideas, while the Labour Party has moderated its ambitions. At the same time, the rise of Reform on the right, and the ongoing presence of the Green Party on the left, have created new dilemmas for Conservative and Labour leaders in building and maintaining their political coalitions. These changes have created new dilemmas for party leaders about how to pursue climate policy. Campaigners and policy designers will benefit from understanding these dilemmas, and how they affect strategies elevating climate policy ambition.
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| Additional Information: | Acknowledgements: For funding the costs of making this Report, and the workshop that informed it, we gratefully acknowledge the support of the Sustainable Consumption Institute at the University of Manchester, as well as the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), having funded Paul Tobin via grant ES/S014500/1. We are grateful to Policy@manchester for help with contacting attendees and circulating the Report. We are grateful to James Patterson who also attended our workshop along with the authors listed above |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA |
| UEA Research Groups: | University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Nov 2024 09:58 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Dec 2024 01:08 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/97760 |
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