Sunak government will go down in history as failing UK on climate, Greenpeace says

Exclusive: Joint chiefs of charity accuse ministers of pursuing culture wars as extreme weather becomes the norm

Rishi Sunak's government will go down in history" as the administration that failed the UK on the climate crisis while ministers pursued a dangerous culture war, the heads of Greenpeace have said.

The charity's joint executive directors described government briefings against the organisation in the wake of its oil protest at the prime minister's Yorkshire home as really dark stuff", which revealed a worrying trend towards exploiting environmental protests as a wedge issue.