The UK is guilty of "leaving behind a black hole where detailed policy and a plan of implementation ought to be" after setting its 2050 net zero target, a former BBC director-general has said. Lord Birt also slammed the government’s decision to commission Chris Skidmore to carry out a review into delivery of net zero, saying it was effectively "an overt declaration that the government were not wrestling with and resolving the host of unsettled issues" he identified.
UK has ‘gone to the pub’ on net zero
