UK will miss net-zero targets to curb carbon emissions, say government climate advisers

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“Glacially slow progress” A damning progress report by the government’s Climate Change Committee says the UK government's failures to enact policies mean it will miss its net-zero targets. alextomo reports from Port Talbot.

The government’s own climate change advisors have warned that the UK will not meet its net zero targets because it is failing to enact the policies needed to reach them.

In their damning progress report the Climate Change Committee highlights a series of failures, saying they are “very worried”. We reported from Port Talbot, home of the Tata Steel works, just one of the industries facing the challenge of decarbonisation.

 

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alextomo And so will everyone else.

alextomo Miss the net zero targets? So what?

alextomo Glacier slow is probably not the right term under current climate conditions

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