Last week’s speech by the Prime Minister on Net Zero provoked criticism from many organisations and commentators, but Kathryn Brown at the Wildlife Trusts wrote a great deconstruction of the government’s muddled thinking on climate change and the environment. Key points

• The government’s announcement will significantly increase household energy bills
• The Prime Minister will scrap a number of policies that don’t actually exist, including taxes on meat consumption, taxes to discourage flying, a proposal for every household to have seven bins, and a proposal to require a certain number of passengers in cars
• ‘New’ policies that already exist, covering phasing out gas boilers, new licenses for oil and gas in the North Sea, and the speeding up on consenting for nationally significant infrastructure project