Editing Conservative Party (UK) (section)

==== Energy and climate change policy ====
[[David Cameron]] brought several '[[Green conservatism|green]]' issues to the forefront of his 2010 campaign. These included proposals designed to impose a tax on workplace car parking spaces, a halt to airport growth, a tax on cars with exceptionally poor petrol mileage, and restrictions on car advertising. Many of these policies were implemented in the Coalition—including the '[[The Green Deal|Green Deal]]'.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3306887/David-Cameron-pledges-radical-green-shake-up.html |url-access=subscription |first1=Andrew |last1=Pierce |work=The Daily Telegraph |title=David Cameron pledges radical green shake-up |date=14 September 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009083702/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3306887/David-Cameron-pledges-radical-green-shake-up.html |archive-date= Oct 9, 2023 }}<!-- Old link was https://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml;jsessionid=ND2RNWDNYBJL3QFIQMGCFFOAVCBQUIV0?xml=/earth/2007/09/14/eacameron114.xml -->{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> A law was passed in 2019 that [[Greenhouse gas emissions|UK greenhouse gas emissions]] will be [[net zero]] by 2050.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |title=UK net zero target |url=https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/net-zero-target |first1=Marcus |last1=Shepheard |access-date=20 November 2020 |website=Institute for Government| date=20 April 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240626222451/https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/explainer/uk-net-zero-target |archive-date=26 June 2024 }}</ref> The UK was the first major economy to embrace a legal obligation to achieve net zero carbon emissions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 July 2021 |title=UK was First Major Economy to Embrace a Legal Obligation to Achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050 |url=https://www.climatescorecard.org/2021/07/uk-was-first-major-economy-to-embrace-a-legal-obligation-to-achieve-net-zero-carbon-emissions-by-2050/ |first1=Gwenyth |last1=Wren |first2=Thomas |last2=Christensen |access-date=21 September 2023 |website=Climate Scorecard |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2019 the Conservatives became the first national government in the world to officially declare a climate emergency (second in the UK after the [[Scottish National Party|SNP]]).<ref name=":3" /> In November 2020 the Conservatives announced a 10-point plan for a 'green industrial revolution', with [[Sustainable business|green enterprises]], an end to the sale of petrol and diesel cars, quadruple the amount of [[Wind power in the United Kingdom|offshore wind power]] capacity within a decade, fund a variety of emissions-cutting proposals, and spurn a proposed [[Green recovery|green post-COVID-19 recovery]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harvey |first1=Fiona |author-link=Fiona Harvey |date=17 November 2020 |title=The key areas of Boris Johnson's 'green industrial revolution' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/17/the-key-areas-of-boris-johnsons-green-industrial-revolution |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124141019/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/17/the-key-areas-of-boris-johnsons-green-industrial-revolution |archive-date=24 November 2020 |access-date=25 November 2020 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> In 2021, the Conservatives announced plans to cut [[Greenhouse gas emissions by the United Kingdom|carbon emissions]] by 78% by 2035.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 April 2021 |title=Government announces 78% climate emissions cut by 2035 – "historic milestone on path to net zero UK" |url=http://www.zemo.org.uk/news-events/news,government-announces-78-climate-emissions-cut-by-2035-historic-milestone-on_4211.htm |access-date=21 September 2023 |website=Zemo Partnership |language=en}}</ref>