As London Climate Action Week begins, Sustainable Views’ Philippa Nuttall speaks with Elizabeth Meager and Florence Jones about whether the UK government is following through with its rhetoric around climate action.

Four years ago at COP26 in Glasgow, then-prime minister Boris Johnson and his chancellor, Rishi Sunak, shouted loudly about the UK’s climate leadership and making the country the world’s first net zero financial centre but a series of other events meant priorities changed.

In the recent spending review, chancellor Rachel Reeves agreed upon investment towards Britain’s energy transition, but the government’s other policies have raised fears about how green its policies really are.

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It's been 100 days since Donald Trump entered the White House for a second time — on an election ticket that promised the end of renewable energy subsidies and embracing "coal, beautiful coal". But how else has Trump and his administration approached sustainability policy? And is the backlash already under way?

Sustainable Views editor Philippa Nuttall, acting deputy editor Elizabeth Meager and policy researcher Erin Donnelly discuss reporting on Trump's first 100 days and how Sustainable Views' Trump watch is following the changes in policy. Erin explains how the EPA has had a fundamental reframing under new chief Lee Zeldin, while Elizabeth explains how the fightback against some of the policies being put in place may come from state or international level.

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