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Is the government really 'coasting on climate change'?

30 July 2018 •

Is the government really 'coasting on climate change'?

The government's response to the Environment Audit Committee report on green finance lays bare the good, the bad, and the ugly of the UK's decarbonisation efforts

"The government is coasting on climate change". That is the characteristically combative assessment from Environmental Audit Committee chair Mary Creagh when faced with the government's response to the...

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