The government’s 2050 net-zero target will set us up for guaranteed failure

The climate column: We’re not tackling the crisis with enough energy, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. If have there’s any hope of a decent future for humanity, we need radical change and fast

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A couple of weeks ago, a historic event took place, although, from the lack of media coverage, you would not have known it.

On Friday 11 September, the UK’s first climate assembly issued its report on how the UK should achieve a net-zero economy by 2050. 

Its most important recommendation was that the government should summon a second assembly to decide on whether a much earlier net-zero carbon deadline is needed.