Climate advisers have told the UK government that it should consider stopping road-building schemes as they say net zero targets are slipping.
The Climate Change Committee (CCC), in its annual update (pdf) on the UK’s net zero progress, has criticised the government’s 2030 goals for cutting emissions.
The non-departmental public body, formed under the Climate Change Act to advise the government on how to meet its legally bound commitments to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 100 percent of 1990 levels (net zero) by 2050.
It identified four areas, in particular, that have the climate advisers “concerned” such as industry, transport, buildings, and fuel supply….