Government assessments reveal risks to its own net zero policies

The government’s own assessments of its plans for net zero show it has concerns about risks including a lack of funding and project delays. These assessments, known as "risk tables", have been published by Good Law Project ahead of a legal challenge brought by the organisation alongside Friends of the Earth and ClientEarth against the government’s latest net zero strategy. Among the risks include concerns around the government’s plan to deliver up to 10GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030, the planned rollout of small modular reactors (SMRs), and potential delays to planned interconnectors.

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