With Rosebank, Britain appears willing to leave climate plans in tatters

Giving the green light to the UK's biggest untapped oilfield flies in the face of repeated warnings

• UK go-ahead for North Sea oil and gas field angers environmental groups

Just 24 hours before the UK gave the go-ahead to develop the UK's biggest untapped oilfield off Shetland, the world's leading energy analysts reiterated that no no new oil and gas exploration should take place if the world was to limit global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures.

That stark warning seems to have been ignored by ministers who, after a week in which they have rowed back on the UK's net zero commitments and scrapped their own home energy efficiency taskforce, are accused of leaving the UK's climate plans in tatters.