LONDON, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Britain will ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2030, five years earlier than its previous plan, British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, said yesterday.
Unveiling his 10-point plan for a “green industrial revolution,” Johnson said, Britain will mobilise more than 12 billion pounds (around 15.9 billion U.S. dollars) of government investment, alongside three times that amount, from the private sector by 2030, to build up “the green economy,” backing up to 250,000 jobs.
“Although this year has taken a very different path to the one we expected, the UK is looking to the future and seizing the opportunity to build back greener,” said Johnson.
His announcement came, one year before the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), slated for Nov, 2021, in Glasgow, which has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Under the 10-point plan, Johnson vowed to develop 40 gigawatts of offshore wind power and generate five gigawatts of “low carbon” hydrogen capacity by 2030, among others.– NNN-AGENCIES
