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• A new report from the Committee on Climate Change identifies ways for the government to get on track to meet the levels set in the UK’s Climate Change Act.

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It’s been 10 years since the UK’s Climate Change Act came into force, bringing with it a pledge from the government to cut its carbon emissions by 80% between 1990 and 2050.

Now, a new report has revealed what’s changed in the past decade — and what the government needs to do right now in order to reach this vital target on emissions.

The Committee on Climate Change, an independent advisory group, has warned that the government needs to learn the lessons of the last decade to be in with a hope of meeting legally binding targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the near future.

In response, the committee laid out four key messages to the government to get emission reductions back on track — in what it said would be a “crucial” year:

  1. Support the simple, low-cost options.
  2. Commit to effective regulation and strict enforcement.
  3. End the chopping and changing of policy.
  4. Act now to keep long-term options open.

Read the full article about climate change by Imogen Calderwood at Global Citizen.