West Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin has offered her support to plans to accelerate climate change targets as part of a national plan for clean, green growth.

The Government is introducing legislation to commit to reducing emissions by three quarters by 2035 – an increase of ten per cent – in an attempt to halt global warming and encourage other countries to also commit to ambitious reduction targets.

The UK has already taken important steps to reduce carbon emissions by 43 per cent and this further step comes ahead of a climate change conference hosted by the new American President Joe Biden later this week.

The UK will also play a leading role in this global challenge when it hosts the United Nations Climate Change COP 26 conference in Glasgow in November.

The Government is already working towards its commitment to reduce emissions in 2030 by at least 68 per cent compared to 1990 levels through the UK’s latest Nationally Determined Contribution - the highest reduction target made by a major economy to date.

The UK continues to break records in renewable electricity generation, which has more than quadrupled since 2010 while low carbon electricity overall now gives us over half of our total generation.

Harriett said: “The Government continues to take important steps forward, enshrined in law, to commit to reducing carbon emissions and lead by example with much less reliance on carbon already and important plans for cleaner, greener transport infrastructure.

“Whenever I visit primary schools, climate change and the environment is always the top subject for discussion and although as a country, we are making serious progress on this issue, as a planet we need to do much more.

“Climate change is an issue that must dominate the national conversation, but I am also keen to make sure that it drives our own local economy to create new jobs and new opportunities whilst making sure we are the first generation to leave the environment in a better state than we found it.”