The government has published its new Net Zero Strategy, as the High Court ordered it to do in July 2022.
The highly anticipated strategy comes just a week after a landmark report by the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned the world has one last chance to avoid catastrophe.
The IPCC said the world must cut 60% of carbon emissions by 2035 - compared to 2019 levels - to stay below 1.5°C of warming.
And a report from the independent Climate Change Committee (CCC) condemned the government on 29 March for "a striking lack of climate preparation."
The CCC's Baroness Brown said: "This has been a lost decade in preparing for and adapting to the known risks that we face from climate change."
She added: "We have laid out a clear path for Government to improve the country's climate resilience. They must step up."
Heat pumps
The £450 million Boiler Upgrade Scheme, which gives households £5,000 discounts on the cost of a new air source heat pump, has been extended for three years until 2028.
The scheme has failed horribly since its launch in May, falling 67% short of its target, so it's encouraging that the government has promised to "enhance the current marketing campaign to increase consumer awareness and take-up."
We've asked the government whether funding will be increased for this scheme, which has a target of 30,000 heat pump installations per year.
It's also unclear how this relatively small scheme will enable the government to reach its goal of 600,000 heat pump installations per year by 2028 - which the Climate Change Committee has said is necessary to avoid the worst consequences of a warming climate.
In response, a Greenpeace representative said: "The Boiler Upgrade Scheme is failing and needs a much more rounded strategy to increase heat pump uptake including skills packages, independent consumer advice and support, advertising and promotion, as well as much more money."
Offshore wind
The government has promised to publish a requirement that offshore wind be formally seen as "critical national infrastructure", which should make it easier and quicker to create new offshore wind farms.
The other big offshore wind announcement was Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme (FLOWMIS) - a port infrastructure initiative that was originally announced, at the same funding level, in May 2022.
