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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Simon Evans

Reality check: the Reform UK party’s claims on the climate crisis examined

Nigel Farage with Richard Tice at the press conference announcing that Farage would take over as leader
The outgoing leader, Richard Tice (right), has said reaching net zero would ‘make zero difference to climate change’. That’s not true. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Media

Despite 40C record heat in 2022 and the wettest 18 months on record this winter, this general election seems set to test the UK’s political consensus on climate change like never before.

Reform UK, the rightwing party that describes itself as offering “commonsense” policies on immigration and energy, has eschewed the consensus in favour of outright climate scepticism. So what exactly does the party have to say about global heating and the UK’s net zero target?

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