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Net Zero: CCC sets out six urgent priorities for the next PM

10 July 2019 • 11 min read

CCC chair Lord Deben offers advice on the first things a new Prime Minister should do to plug the UK's widening emissions gap

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) delivered a withering verdict this morning on the government's climate policy efforts - or lack thereof - warning not nearly enough was being done to slash greenhouse...

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