A new report by Cambridge Econometrics predicts that the UK will fail to meet its carbon dioxide emissions reduction target for 2020. The forecasts indicate that UK CO2 emissions will amount to 136.3 million tonnes of carbon in 2020, just 15% lower than they were in 1990.
The draft Climate Change Bill has set a goal of cutting emissions by between 26% and 32% by 2020. The forecasts also suggest that the UK will miss its renewable electricity targets for 2010 and 2015 by a wide margin.
The press release may be found here.
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