Zac Goldsmith noted that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was “just uninterested” in the environment.
“This government’s apathy in the face of the greatest challenge we have ever faced makes continuing in my current position untenable,” he wrote in the resignation letter posted on social media.
Britain has “visibly withdrawn from the global stage and our leadership on climate and nature has been relinquished.”
Goldsmith, Sunak and Johnson are members of the ruling Conservative Party.
Goldsmith, 48, is a veteran conservationist who was appointed by Johnson to the unelected House of Lords before the former prime minister resigned nearly a year ago over ethics scandals.
Goldsmith’s resignation comes a day after receiving criticism from lawmakers, along with seven other Johnson allies, for trying to undermine the commission investigating whether the former president lied to Parliament about government holidays held amid the pandemic that failed to comply. regulations against coronavirus.
According to the committee, Goldsmith and Johnson’s other allies exerted “undue pressure” on members of the entity and launched harsh attacks on their work on social media, radio and television.
Goldsmith’s criticism comes after government climate advisers released a report this week saying the country is late in meeting its “net zero emissions” target and “has lost its clear global leadership position in climate change.” climate action”.
FUENTE: Associated Press
