The document, being written by the Treasury and Business department, was due to be published in the spring and now probably will be delayed because of wrangling about how ambitious it should be, according to people familiar with the matter. The strategy is designed to complement the government’s climate change targets and comes at a time when the ministers are examining whether they can set a target to achieve net zero emissions. One option could be to publish it in the first week of July, aligning with the U.K.’s Climate Action Week, according to two people with knowledge of the process.
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