00:00British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's U-turn on a key climate policy in his country, wherein
00:09he's pushed back a deadline for the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035,
00:16has been roundly criticised by experts and environmentalists and even from members of
00:21his own Conservative Party.
00:22Now, he's doing this for election reasons, for political reasons, the Tories are lagging
00:28behind Labour in the polls and Rishi Sunak is hoping that by taking a not-so-hard line
00:33on climate mitigation, he might be able to win over a section of the electorate.
00:38But this has consequences in the fight against climate change globally.
00:43For one, it shows the hypocrisy of much of the developed world when it comes to these
00:46issues.
00:47They say one thing on global platforms and at global summits, but don't quite walk the
00:52talk at home.
00:53And we are in the midst of an acute climate crisis.
00:56It's no secret, as the UN itself has pointed out in its reports, that we're not close to
01:01meeting the kind of targets that countries had set during the Paris COP summit back in
01:052015.
01:07And now as countries get ready to meet again for the next COP meeting in a couple of months,
01:11it's clear that the challenges remain and that in fact, they have only increased in
01:17the intervening period.
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