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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey and Jillian Ambrose

Net zero strategy shows UK will miss 2030 emissions cuts target

An onshore wind farm in Llandinam, Wales.
An onshore windfarm in Llandinam, Wales. Thursday’s strategy documents failed to reverse the onshore wind ban in England Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images

The UK government has said it is still on track to meet its international climate commitments under the Paris agreement, as analysis of its energy plans suggested more drastic policies would be needed to make the required carbon cuts.

Ministers announced the UK’s revamped net zero strategy on Thursday, with a raft of documents exceeding 1,000 pages, setting out policies on sectors from biomass to solar power, and from electric vehicles to nuclear reactors. It came as Rishi Sunak headed to Oxfordshire to visit a development facility for nuclear fusion, accompanied by Grant Shapps, the energy and net zero secretary.

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