UK PM Strengthens 2030 Carbon Target
Prime Minister announces new target to cut emissions 68 per cent against 1990 levels by 2030, confirming a major tightening of carbon goals as part of UK's pre-COP26 submission to the Paris Agreement. Boris Johnson has today confirmed a new carbon target for 2030 that he said would ensure the UK reduces emissions "faster than any other major economy" over the coming decade.In a move that heralds a step change in the government's decarbonisation efforts, the Prime Minister announced a new climate target to be submitted to the UN this month that would see the UK cut greenhouse gas emissions by "at least" 68 per cent by the end of the decade compared to 1990 levels. New goal marks a significant increase on the UK's existing target to cut emissions by 61 per cent by 2030 and would for the first time put the country on a short-term decarbonisation pathway broadly aligned with the overarching statutory target to deliver a net zero economy by 2050. The new target would increase the planned pace of decarbonisation in the UK by around 50 per cent over the coming decade compared to the previous target. Meeting the goal will therefore require significant policy intervention, governance changes and investment to accelerate decarbonisation across the economy, with gas boilers, heavy industry, and fossil fuelled transport in particular likely to require significant changes if the target is to be met.
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