UK s reportedly planning to ban the sales of petrol and diesel vehicle from 2030 as part of its 10 point plan for a green industrial revolution to be unveiled Wednesday by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The proposals include quadrupling offshore wind power within a decade while scaling up hydrogen production capacity for industry, transport, power and homes.
Investment will also be made in zero-emission public transport, alongside research into zero-emission planes and ships, and in making cycling and walking more attractive.
The plans contain broader aims to make Britain a world-leader in carbon capture technology and the City of London a global centre of green finance.
The government will also spend 525 million pounds on developing large and smaller-scale nuclear plants, and new advanced modular reactors, in a move likely to anger environmentalists.
In a statement PM Boris Johnson said: “My 10-point plan will create, support and protect hundreds of thousands of green jobs, whilst making strides towards net zero by 2050.”
He said: “Our green industrial revolution will be powered by the wind turbines of Scotland and the North East, propelled by the electric vehicles made in the Midlands and advanced by the latest technologies developed in Wales.”
Johnson said in February his government would aim to end such sales by 2035, but will now only allow the sale of hybrid vehicles until that year.
