Ministers consider making UK’s carbon targets easier to meet

Green Alliance research found that only half of carbon reductions needed by 2032 are covered by confirmed policy. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA

Ministers are considering plans to weaken the UK’s carbon-cutting plans by allowing the unused portion of the last carbon budget to be carried over to the next period.

This would go against the strong recommendation of the government’s statutory climate advisers, the Climate Change Committee.