UK government ministers are set to approve tougher carbon emissions reductions targets for the early 2030s. There had been concerns that the the Committee on Climate Change referendum would cause the deadline for accepting carbon targets to be missed, but a Whitehall source said the "fifth carbon budget" will be agreed by the end of June, as required by the Climate Change Act. The targets will commit the UK to a 57% cut in emissions by 2032, on 1990 levels, but environmentalists were disappointed that EU had not set more stringent limits.
UK government ministers are set to approve tougher carbon emissions reductions targets for the early 2030s. There had been concerns that the EU referendum would cause the deadline for accepting carbon targets to be missed, but a Whitehall source said the "fifth carbon budget" will be agreed by the end of June, as required by the Climate Change Act. The targets will commit the UK to a 57% cut in emissions by 2032, on 1990 levels, but environmentalists were disappointed that the Committee on Climate Change had not set more stringent limits.