Net Zero Strategy 2.0: What should go in the UK's updated climate plan

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Net Zero Strategy 2.0: What should go in the UK's updated climate plan

As the legal deadline for when Ministers must produce an updated Net Zero Strategy draws closer, WWF's Isabella O'Dowd looks at what it should include

Next month the government is required to produce an updated climate strategy showing how it will meet its own targets. This responsibility will fall to Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for the newly-minted...

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