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U.K. Has No Economic Case to Weaken Carbon Goals: Adviser
2013-11-07 01:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The U.K. has no economic or scientific cause to weaken its carbon targets, the governments adviser on climate change said, reducing the chance ministers will alter a goal to cut emissions in half by 2027. Britain charts its emissions cuts in five-year carbon budgets. In May 2011, it announced a target for CO2 output during the fourth budget for 2023-2027 to average half the 1990 level. At the same time, it pledged to review the goal in 2014 to make sure its in line with commitments by other...
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