Britain’s Net Zero Crusade Changed Everything—Except the Climate
We've lost the war against climate change. It's time to scrap net zero.
by Allister Heath July 31, 2026, 9:43 AM
Climate change is real, but Britain can do almost nothing about it. The war against global warming has been lost, with only grievous collateral damage to show for it. We have crippled British industry, hammered consumers and pushed the grid to the brink of blackouts, all with no discernible impact on global emissions and the climate. [some emphasis, links added]
It’s time to accept this sobering reality, cut our losses, cease tilting at (and building) windmills, ditch the despicable con that is net zero, and learn to cope with, and whenever possible, even enjoy a warmer, drier, more volatile Mediterranean climate, if that is indeed to be our fate.
Hubris has ruined us, a tiny nation accounting for 0.8 percent of global CO2 emissions from combustible fossil fuels. We were fooled into believing that we could single-handedly lead the way in saving the world, a futile gambit if there ever were one.
Britain slashed its own discharges by 44 percent between 2000 and 2023, according to the International Energy Agency, yet what good has it done? England is facing a drought, the fields and forests of France and Spain are burning, and a canicule is crippling swathes of Europe.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/scrap-britain-net-zero-failure/
