Committee on Climate Change

What is net zero and is the UK on track to achieve it?

Reaching net zero carbon emissions worldwide is essential to limit global warming, UN scientists say.

Scottish ministers are putting the finishing touches to a plan aimed at reducing planet-warming emissions.

But the Climate Change Committee warns there's still a long way to go for the UK to reach net zero by 2050.

In 2019, the UK committed in law to reducing its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. Now the political climate has changed.

The government has made little progress in preparing the UK for rising temperatures, climate watchdog the CCC says.

The UK's greenhouse gas emissions should fall to 13% of 1990 levels by 2040, government advisors say.

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The PM insists the government will not "tell people how to live their lives" in achieving the aim.

The government's advisers say faster action is needed but the UK has the tools to achieve this.

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