Legal action threatened over Boris Johnson's 'unlawful' green recovery plans

Exclusive: Campaigners say 3bn scheme fails to comply with Paris accord and is just a fig-leaf for polluters'

Boris Johnson's much-vaunted green recovery plans are inadequate and clearly unlawful" as they do not match up to the government's legal obligations under the Paris climate agreement and the UK's own net zero emissions target, green campaigners have said.

On Tuesday, a letter threatening court action was sent to the prime minister and the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, by the pressure group Plan B, which successfully took the government to the appeal court this year over its green light for the expansion of Heathrow airport.