'The window is closing': Is the UK's net zero infrastructure plan faltering?

James Murray
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'The window is closing': Is the UK's net zero infrastructure plan faltering?

Both the National Infrastructure Commission and the Tony Blair Institute have today warned the UK is off track to meet its climate goals - is a revamp of the UK's decarbonisation policies now needed?

Is the UK's net zero strategy in trouble? The government insists not, repeatedly highlighting how the UK has decarbonised faster than any other G20 country, has met all its emissions targets to date, and...

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