A BUNGLING Brexit bureaucrat has blown the lid on the government’s “shocking attitude towards climate change,” official documents seen by the Star reveal today. The files were part of a bundle of “sensitive” papers seen by a Star reporter travelling on the Eurostar to Brussels on Thursday morning. They revealed how negotiators “have not yet engaged with the EU Commission” on climate change and indicated that agreed targets to reduce carbon emissions could be used as “political and bureaucratic capital for bigger issues in the exit negotiations.” Green MP Caroline Lucas said the documents “appear to reveal a shocking attitude towards climate change at the heart of government” and warned that the government’s failure to take the issue seriously was a “dark stain on their already tainted record.” The papers suggest that on Britain’s exit, should Britain decide to no longer act jointly with the EU on climate change, the EU will be faced with a decision of either meeting the Paris Agreement by increasing remaining members’ targets or setting a lower target overall — “both of which are politically difficult.”
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