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wildgarlic
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UK 'should cut greenhouse gases by 80 per cent' | Quote: | By Emily Beament, PA
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
The UK should cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 per cent by mid-century, the Government's climate change committee recommended today.
The committee said a more stringent target than the 60 per cent cut currently in the Climate Change Bill was needed, because new information suggested the dangers of global warming were greater than previously thought.
In a letter to the new Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband, the committee's chairman Adair Turner said the tougher target would be "challenging but feasible", and could be achieved at a cost of 1 per cent to 2 per cent of GDP in 2050.
He also said a cut of 80 per cent on 1990 levels by 2050 should cover all emissions - not just carbon dioxide - and all sectors of the UK economy including shipping and aviation. |
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Ina
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Call me a cynic - but "we need to act now" usually translates into "we need to fly to a lot more international meetings to do a lot more talking". 
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Maria
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I'd call you a realist...not a cynic 
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Smooth Hound
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me too, they just havent clicked as to where we are yet 
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