The U.K. Wants To Reduce Carbon Emissions To Zero By 2050

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The government does not have a very good track record when it comes to fighting climate change. 1000 Words/Shutterstock

The U.K. government is to take steps to tighten the country’s climate legislation, and to enshrine into law the long-term commitment to cut carbon emissions to zero by 2050. This goes beyond the already legally binding Climate Change Act, which is meant to see the U.K. reduce emissions by 80 percent over the same period, and instead pushes for full acceptance of the commitments made in Paris last year of zero emissions.