Halt new roads and developments adding to emissions, advisers to tell UK government

Construction work on the HS2 high-speed rail line. Had the CCC’s recommendations been adopted earlier, HS2 would not have been approved. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

The government should halt all new roads unless there are exceptional circumstances, the government’s climate advisers are likely to say next week.

On Wednesday the Committee on Climate Change will publish its latest report on the UK’s progress in dealing with the climate crisis. Speaking at Glastonbury on Friday, the climate change committee chair, Lord Deben, said new roads inevitably increased traffic and emissions.