Green groups urge Boris Johnson to act on climate

Green party vote rises as campaigners urge Tories to meet pledge to cut emissions

The new Conservative government must urgently bring forward plans to fulfil its pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 or risk losing the fight against climate breakdown, green campaigners have urged.

Rebecca Newsom, the head of politics at Greenpeace UK, said the Tory manifesto was "full of holes" on the environment and had been judged inadequate by green groups, and people would expect swift action.