U.K. Will Miss CO2 Target Without New Measures: Adviser
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The U.K. will fail to meet its carbon target without taking new emissions-reduction steps, the government’s climate change adviser said.
Britain has a self-imposed goal to lower carbon-dioxide output in half from 1990 to 2025. That entails a 31 percent cut from today’s levels, and the nation is on course only to slash CO2 by 21 percent to 23 percent, the Committee on Climate Change said today in an e-mailed report.