UK’s clean electricity growing too slowly to meet climate targets, report says

UK's energy system operator forecasts emissions a third over target by 2035, in second official warning in a month

Britain is expected to fall short of the progress needed to meet its climate targets over the next decade because it is not growing its supply of clean electricity quickly enough, according to the government's energy system operator.

The latest 10-year forecast of Britain's carbon emissions by the government-owned body has revealed that by 2035 the UK will be producing almost a third more carbon emissions than in scenarios where it is on track to meet its legally binding climate targets by 2050.