The claimants successfully argued that the net-zero strategy (NZS) contravened the government's obligations under the Climate Change Act 2008 (CCA), as it prevented the CCA's carbon targets from being met. The court stated that the strategy lacked detail as to how exactly the cutting of emissions would be achieved, which in turn breached the government's legal duties under the CCA. Due to the nature of the data relied on to draft the NZS, it was argued that any meaningful and accurate targets being imposed would be unachievable, thus undermining the CCA and compromising the credibility of the NZS.
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