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But big questions remain over how the UK will meet hugely ambitious new targets, after government signalled it will not sign off on all the CCC's policy recommendations

Government expected to confirm ambitious new goals for early-2030s ahead of President Biden's high profile Leaders Summit

1.4GW of new gas power won £350m of funding in the government's latest Capacity Market auction, held last week, sparking concern among campaigners

Coalition of green groups argue UK should set global precedent by including emissions generated by international travel in next carbon budget

Letter to Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick warns new mine would raise UK emissions and could find it has no domestic market for its coal from 2035 onwards

The CCC's epic new report provides the blueprint for a net zero economy, the rationale for following it, and hints at the high drama that will define the century - it could prove to be a canonical document

Professor Peter Taylor and Alice Garvey from the University of Leeds set out the challenges and policy requirements for decarbonising heavy industry which they included in a recent report commissioned by the CCC

'This investment programme is going to breathe life into the UK economy - it's as much an economic policy as a climate policy, particularly over the next 10 years as we recover from the pandemic'

The implications that flow from the upgrading of the UK's 2030 carbon target are hard to underestimate - the economy is about to change for the better