Climate Change Committee: Net zero targets 'harder' to meet after government green policy rollbacks

Michael Holder
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Climate advisory body challenges government to provide evidence and emissions data to underpin its claim the UK remains on track to meet climate goals

The UK's legally-binding climate targets will be "harder" to meet following the weakening of key decarbonisation policies announced by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in recent weeks, the Climate Change Committee...

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