Climate Changed
U.K. Adviser Set to Recommend Zero Emissions Target by 2050
- Climate Change Committee due to release recommendations May 2
- Environment is moving up the political agenda after protests
Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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The U.K. government’s official adviser on climate change is set to recommend the country adopt a target to drive net fossil fuel emissions to zero by 2050, according to people familiar with the plan.
If adopted, the proposals would give the U.K. the tightest emissions rules of any of the leading economies. Pollution is rising up the political agenda across Europe after a insurers had a record $160 billion in climate-related losses last year including wildfires in Sweden and more violent storms in the south of the continent.