"Real support" needed for Low Carbon Transition Plan

"Real support" from the government is needed for the Low Carbon Transition Plan to become a reality, one sector commentator has asserted.

Joss Garman, climate campaigner for Greenpeace, made his remarks following the publication of a study by the Committee on Climate Change earlier this month.

According to the release, declining economic activity is likely to have resulted in a two per cent reduction in 2008, while the recession could lower emissions in the first budget period by between 40 million and 70 million tonnes.

Mr Garman claimed that the biggest challenge that Ed Miliband currently faces in making the plan a reality is securing the support of his colleagues in the Cabinet, especially Alistair Darling, the chancellor of the exchequer.

The sector analyst and campaigner stated that the funds that have been pledged to support the initiative are currently "completely inadequate".

"Until the Treasury put some real support behind Miliband's plan, it simply won't happen," he concluded.

Posted by Claire Manning