Anger over Rishi Sunak’s watering down of net zero policies escalates, as CCC warns announcements are ‘likely to take the UK further away’ from being able to meet its legal emissions targets
Remaining heavily reliant on fossil gas for power and heating poses huge fiscal and economic risk to the UK, warns the Office for Budget Responsibility
More ambition, particularly in boosting energy efficiency, could help, explains UCL professor Jim Watson
Office for Budget Responsibility estimates sustained high fossil fuel prices could make the comparative costs of net zero over a third cheaper
Government denies reports of differences on Downing Street over how to fund much needed policies to deliver net zero
The Office for Budgetary Responsibility has offered some of the most detailed estimates to date on the costs and savings that would result from decarbonising the UK economy by 2050
If global efforts to curb climate change fail the risks posed by migration, extreme weather and conflict will be 'severe' for UK economy, Office for Budget Responsibility warns