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The UK will struggle to reach its climate change targets unless more power and money is put into local hands, say a group of metro mayors and council leaders.
The influential figures have written to the PM calling for further and faster action to protect the environment.
They say the pandemic has shown that local leaders can get things done.
The government said councils and mayors had a pivotal role in reducing carbon emissions.
They say without a locally-led approach, the UK will struggle to reach its world-leading climate change targets.
Ministers have committed to cutting carbon emissions by 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels, and to become carbon neutral - or net zero - by 2050.
Source: UK Government
£166.5 million cash boost will drive forward developments in critical technology needed for a green industrial revolution including carbon capture, greenhouse gas removal and hydrogen
Funding package will help benefit energy-intensive businesses like Tate & Lyle, BAE Systems and Celsa Manufacturing, creating over 60,000 well-paid green jobs across the UK, cutting business costs and helping to revitalise industrial heartlands
UK government powering ahead with ambitious commitments set out in the Prime Ministerâs 10 Point Plan for a green revolution just six months ago
The green technology required to help the UK meet its world-leading climate targets has been given a £166.5 million cash injection, just six months on from the publication of the Prime Ministerâs 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution.