This was the boast of a senior UK government minister yesterday announcing David Cameron’s ambitious carbon reduction targets. George Osborne and Vince Cable argue that this commitment could put the economic recovery at risk. Now revised plans to reduce emissions to 60% of 1990 levels by 2030 demand action affecting every area of our work and home lives.

So far, so green, but commentator James Murray  surveys the road ahead and identifies some potholes.