Climate Change Committee: UK fails to deliver on net zero promises

The UK’s independent climate adviser to government has emphasised the urgent need to quadruple annual emissions reductions outside the electricity sector within the next seven years

CCC: ‘Government support could see more than 700k jobs from net zero’

The committee is calling on the government to “bring real meaning to levelling up”

Lord Deben says people can’t morally oppose wind farms

Everyone must play their part in net zero aims, he said

CCC Chair says no chance of net zero without policy changes

The block on new onshore wind in England must be lifted, he stressed

Government does not plan to tell Britons to eat less meat

The Environment Secretary has said it is “depressing” when the debate about meat consumption is simplified to whether it is good or bad

CCC urges government to rethink approval of new coal mine on climate grounds

Lord Deben has stressed the West Cumbria Mining Company project will conflict with the UK’s national target of delivering net zero by 2050