The bill for cutting UK emissions of greenhouse gases already stands at well over £100 billion, but what difference has it actually made?

The Government has published the latest annual assessment of the UK’s carbon footprint and the findings suggest that the money spent to date has had little effect. Officials have measured what are known as Consumption Based Emissions, which include emissions embedded in imported goods and services, minus of course those embedded in UK exports.

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