UK law mandates 60% emissions cuts by 2050


	UK law mandates 60% emissions cuts by 2050

Wadard

11-9-2007 11:57 PM

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global warming

Wadard says:

Good effort by the UK Government under Gordon Brown — becoming the first nation to put carbon emissions into law.

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					Climate bill's 60% emission cut
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				<DIV class="cap">The UK will be the first nation to put carbon emissions levels into law</DIV>
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			</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>Prime Minister Gordon Brown has committed the UK to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 60% before 2050 to help tackle global warming.</B>
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<FONT size="2">The Climate Change Bill will make the UK the first country to put carbon emissions reduction targets into law.
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<FONT size="2">An independent committee on climate change will be set up to advise on "five-year carbon budgets" - part of a new commitment to carbon reduction.</FONT></P></TD></TR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7080580.stm"><FONT size="2">While the bill will also enforce reductions of greenhouse gas emissions of between 26% and 32% by 2020, Mr Brown previously said he would consult the new committee to see if bigger reductions were required.
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<FONT size="2">A report from think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research, the RSPB and WWF on Monday claimed the government's 60% target did not go far enough. 
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<FONT size="2">Instead, it claimed Britain could achieve an 80% cut by 2050.
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