Marking Their Own Homework?

It's amazing how varied perspectives can be. The UK's Climate Change Committee has published two progress reports. Lord Deben, its Chair, has given the UK government top marks for their emissions targets. He rates them, however, as 'poor' on government policies to achieve these targets (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/24/uk-policies-will-not-deliver-emission-cuts-pledge-says-climate-adviser). The Climate Change Committee basically maintains the UK is lagging behind its key goal of achieving a 78% cut in 'greenhouse gases' by 2035. Their reports makes 200 recommendations, advocating that every government policy should be subject to a 'net zero' test before bein adopted. A UK government spokesperson denies the UK has been slow to reduce emissions, saying the country has 'overachieved' on targets. The mismatches between targets, claims and actions are probably the most worrying feature of the climate crisis debate. Talk is cheap.