UK climate adviser warns net zero reversals risk economy (opens in new tab)

Nigel Topping, chair of the UK Climate Change Committee, warned Wednesday that weakening the country’s net zero policy would disrupt businesses and damage the economy as the CCC published its latest progress report to Parliament. The report reviewed progress toward the UK’s legal target of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and found that the shift toward renewable energy has gone well. Topping said policy U-turns damage inward investor confidence and argued that economic grow...