{"id":27593,"date":"2008-12-01T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:38:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:38:02","slug":"2593-higher-targets-advised-for-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/2593-higher-targets-advised-for-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher targets advised for UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" name=\"Originator\">\n<link href=\"file:\/\/\/C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cxie.lei%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml\" rel=\"File-List\" \/><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n \n  Normal\n  0\n  \n  \n  false\n  false\n  false\n  \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n  \n  MicrosoftInternetExplorer4\n \n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]>\n\n\n<style>\nst1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }\n<\/style>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n @font-face\n\t{\n\tpanose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;}\n@font-face\n\t{\"\\@SimSun\";\n\tpanose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0cm;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\"Times New Roman\";}\na:link, span.MsoHyperlink\n\t{color:blue;\n\ttext-decoration:underline;\n\ttext-underline:single;}\na:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed\n\t{color:purple;\n\ttext-decoration:underline;\n\ttext-underline:single;}\n@page Section1\n\t{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;\n\tmargin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;}\ndiv.Section1\n\t{page:Section1;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n<style>\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n table.MsoNormalTable\n\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\"Times New Roman\";}\n<\/style>\n\n\n<![endif]-->          <\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>The report entitled &ldquo;Building a low-carbon economy&rdquo; would require producing 30% of the UK&#8217;s electricity from renewable sources by 2020, enforcing the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to bury emissions from coal-fired plants by the early 2020s and requiring 40% of cars to be low emissions by 2020. The targets would also entail changes in consumer behaviour such as conserving fuel by driving less and eating less &ldquo;carbon-intensive&rdquo; meats such as beef. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>To achieve these goals, the committee recommended an interim target for 2020 of a 34% reduction, or an alternative 42% reduction if a new global climate deal is reached. These reductions equate to cuts from recent levels of 21% or 31%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span><span>The report estimates that these changes would cost less than 1% of the national economic wealth in 2020. This estimate includes the costs of aiding the 1.7 million people who would otherwise be forced into fuel poverty by electricity and gas price increases.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2008\/dec\/01\/climatechange-carbonemissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story<\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first report from Britain&rsquo;s Climate Change Committee urges dramatic new targets to reduce the country&rsquo;s greenhouse gas emissions, the Guardian reported. 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