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The sun setting over Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station near Nottingham, January 17, 2012
THE government suffered another embarrassing defeat at the High Court today over its climate change decision-making.
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero acted unlawfully when approving its plan to meet targets running until 2037 as part of a strategy to achieve net zero by 2050, the court ruled.
Friends of the Earth, ClientEarth and the Good Law Project brought the case, arguing that then secretary of state Grant Shapps lacked the necessary information on whether individual policies could be delivered in full when he approved the Carbon Budget Delivery Plan (CBDP) in March 2023.
Established as a landmark victory for the climate movement, the CCC promised to hold governments to account. Today, it is understating the danger of climate chaos and impeding the radical action needed, says IAN SINCLAIR
