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t is hard to know where to start. Liz Truss’ 44-day premiership was an embarrassing debacle, prompting a fl urry of online wags posting lists of things that have lasted longer (from lettuces to comedian Harry Hill’s doomed X-Factor musical), we now have an ostensibly more sensible leader in post.
Another thing to cheer us at this very worrying time for the country is that despite being unelected, Sunak is not only potentially a means to unify his Government under a more centrist, less regulation-burning and tax-allergic, but is in himself a symbol of our diverse nation. He’s not only the fi rst British Asian to be Prime Minister (with around 8% of the country’s population now classed as that ethnicity), he also represents a younger mindset which puts the environment among our top priorities, despite the economic and geopolitical challenges.
Truss was terrifyingly blunt in her keenness to tear up green ambitions in her pursuit of mythical ‘growth,’ from an instant attack on business’ ‘green levies’ to making noises that sounded like the whole zero carbon project was up for debate. She also wanted to go full-bore for fracking, and throw out most of the Tories 2019 manifesto green aims, but that blinkered approach, exemplifi ed by her predecessor Cameron and the right wing of the party, now seems like it might become an anachronism.
This year looks set to be one of the 10 warmest on record, and the last eight years have been the warmest since NASA began recording global average temperatures. It may have long been a priority for architects to increase the sustainability of projects (and avoid ‘greenwash’), but increasingly it’s becoming an issue across all sectors and demographics.
Sunak has been unequivocal in saying he believes in net zero, and reportedly has specifi c ideas on a nationwide retrofi t insulation programme. When will he unveil these? Currently we are legally obliged to hit net zero carbon in 2050 – will he recommit to action on this soon, and perhaps funding? Arguably, he has to if he wants to see serious on ‘action’ rather than words, as he has said. He also needs to be clear on issues like protecting farmland from solar generation, and whether he’ll accept more onshore wind power.
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With Kier Starmer having put the environment at the centre of his headline agenda statements recently, this will be a major battleground come the General Election. I predict that it will be around whether, and how, big business should foot the bill for driving towards zero carbon, or cash-strapped individuals, and Sunak’s challenge is to not shy away from the former.
We will see how much Michael Gove, back at Levelling Up and Housing, and new Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey (who worked with Gove at Defra), will be able to translate renewed green ambition into reality.
James Parker, Editor 11.22 ON THE COVER...
Designing a home for her family on the Greek isle of Paros which combined the ‘white box’ vernacular with a feeling of lightness in the landscape has produced a tranquil, minimalist result for architect Christina Seilern.
Cover image © Louisa Nikolaidou PAROS RESIDENCE, GREECE
Architect Christina Seilern created a tranquil house for her family which floats above an olive grove, and celebrates the materiality of marble, stucco and terrazo
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