Climate Change Data

Conservative and Unionist Party

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2024)

Reporting Period: 2024

Environmental Metrics

Renewable Energy Share:50%

ESG Focus Areas

  • Net Zero
  • Environmental Protection
  • Food Security
  • Rural Development
  • Social Care
  • Community Development

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced emissions faster than competitors
  • Halfway to net zero
  • Increased renewable energy share to 50%
  • Protected over 600,000 properties from flooding
  • Protected over 900,000 acres of farmland from flooding

Social Achievements

  • Created four million more jobs
  • Increased NHS spending
  • Recruited record numbers of police officers
  • Recruited record numbers of teachers
  • Delivered over 2.5 million homes
  • Expanded childcare access
  • Improved school reading standards
  • Reduced violent crime by 44%
  • Reduced neighbourhood crime by 48%

Governance Achievements

  • Reduced national debt
  • Cut taxes for working people and pensioners
  • Strengthened national security
  • Improved public sector procurement
  • Implemented Online Safety Act
  • Introduced Illegal Migration Act
  • Implemented Environment Act

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Net zero emissions by 2050
Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve net zero by 2050
  • Treble offshore wind capacity
  • Build two carbon capture and storage clusters
  • Recruit 92,000 more nurses and 28,000 more doctors by end of Parliament
Short-term Goals:
  • Cut employee National Insurance to 6% by April 2027
  • Roll out 30 hours of free childcare a week by September 2025
  • Deliver Family Hub in every local authority

Environmental Challenges

  • Global economic uncertainty
  • Energy security challenges
  • Illegal migration
  • Climate change
  • Unsustainable rise in benefit claims
  • NHS recovery from pandemic
Mitigation Strategies
  • Plan to halve inflation, grow the economy, and reduce debt
  • Boost domestic energy production and invest in renewables
  • Stop the boats by removing illegal migrants to Rwanda
  • Pragmatic approach to net zero
  • Reform disability benefits and tighten capability for work assessments
  • Increase NHS spending and recruit more staff

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Support for UK manufacturing
  • Import carbon pricing mechanism

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Extreme weather
  • Flooding
Opportunities
  • Growth in renewable energy sector