WRITTEN BY EDWARD MALNICK ON JAN 22, 2024. POSTED IN LATEST NEWS
UK Climate Chiefs Admitted Net Zero Plan Based On Single Year Of Data
uk parliamentBritain’s climate watchdog has privately admitted that a number of its key net zero recommendations may have relied on insufficient data, it has been claimed.
Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith, who led a recent Royal Society study on future energy supply, said that the Climate Change Committee only “looked at a single year” of data showing the number of windy days in a year when it made pronouncements on the extent to which the UK could rely on wind and solar farms to meet net zero. [emphasis, links added]
“They have conceded privately that that was a mistake,” Sir Chris said in a presentation seen by this newspaper. In contrast, the Royal Society review examined 37 years’ worth of weather data.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/uk-climate-chiefs-admitted-net-zero-plan-based-on-single-year-of-data/
