Climate crisis, what crisis?

 
Ministers understand the science, but they have been cowed by the attacks on net zero. The budget is an opportunity for change
 The chancellor during a visit to Gatwick Airport last month (picture: Simon Walker / HM Treasury)
 If you are old enough, you might remember the very effective TV advert for Cadbury’s Smash. This had metal aliens laughing at the stupidity of mankind for peeling potatoes when they could instead, so the advert went, get a superior product much more