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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harry Cockburn

Sunak spending plans are ‘missed opportunity’ for climate and will add 38m tonnes of CO2, says WWF

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Government spending plans include few measures to tackle the climate crisis and represent a “missed opportunity” to drive the deep emissions cuts needed to put Britain on track for net zero, the WWF has warned in a new analysis.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s autumn budget will instead drive up climate-altering greenhouse gas emissions with the impact of over 38 million tonnes of CO2, it says.

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