Next Tory leader must have clear plan on net zero, says Alok Sharma
by Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent from on (#61H11)
Each candidate to be asked to prove climate credentials at green hustings on Monday, as UK heatwave hits
Tory leadership candidates will have to demonstrate on Monday that they support not only the net zero target but a programme of action to fulfil the goal, the leading climate voice in the cabinet has said.
Alok Sharma, the UK cabinet minister who led last year's Cop26 UN climate summit, will ask each of the five remaining candidates to prove their climate credentials when he chairs green hustings on Monday afternoon in Westminster.
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