The CCC's Climate Progress Report: The key takeaways

Today the Climate Change Committee delivered what is arguably the most damning report in its 15-year history, as it criticised the government for failing to deliver much in the way of tangible progress towards the UK's net zero targets over the past year. The CCC said that as a result of this inaction it had "markedly less" confidence in the UK's ability to meet its carbon budgets from the 2030s onwards, and that there was now a huge mountain to climb to get things back on track. Specifically, it said the rate of emissions reduction each year would need to quadruple across all sectors of...