Tuesday 17 May 2011

UK proposes Fourth Carbon Budget

Department of Energy and Climate Change - 17th May 2011

A limit on the total amount of greenhouse gasses to be emitted by the UK between 2023 to 2027 has been proposed to cut Britain's emissions by 50% from 1990 levels and highlighting the Governments commitment to being the greenest ever government.

Today's proposal, set out by Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne, is in line with the advice from the independent committee on Climate Change. It sets a fourth carbon budget of 1950 MtCO2e for the period that will span from 2023 to 2027, putting the UK on course to cut emissions by at least 80" by 2050. The carbon budget will place the British economy at the leading edge of a new global industrial transformation and ensure low carbon energy security and decarbonisation is achieved at least cost to the consumer.

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