Britain's draughty homes stand in the way of its climate goals

Poorly insulated and costly to heat homes in the UK are a major obstacle to the country's climate goals, government advisers say.

There is a “shocking” gap in government efforts to ensure homes are better insulated as energy bills soar, they said.

The independent Climate Change Committee, set up in 2008, said in its report that government plans for tackling global warming will not hit mandated emissions cut targets in the decades ahead.

It singled out action on energy efficiency to make UK homes cheaper to heat, along with a lack of progress on farming emissions, as problem areas.

In its annual report to Parliament, the committee called for action to address the rising cost of living that is in line with cutting emissions to zero overall — known as net zero — by 2050.

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