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Editorial: State may have to pick up tab for rising offshore wind costs

Wind energy is the backbone of the government’s climate action plan which aims to halve carbon emissions by 2030

The push to end global fossil fuel consumption and scale-up renewable energy capacity hasn’t been helped by growing viability challenges in key sectors

As the United Nation’s Cop28 summit moves into its final days, it feels as if global agreement on decisive climate action is as far away as ever.

One thing has emerged for certain over the past two weeks in Dubai – Big Oil is emboldened once more as a number of senior fossil fuel executives pushed back against moves to end the world’s addiction to cheap, polluting hydrocarbons.

The push to end global fossil fuel ...