The road to a low carbon future
December 19th, 2009
With Gordon Brown and other fellow world leaders addressing climate change in Copenhagen this week, it is clear that the UK prime minister has already put more on the table than most.
While emerging economies and the US are under intense pressure to match future cuts in greenhouse gas emissions already made law by European Union (EU) member states, the UK can count itself one of a small clutch of countries that has embraced a more ambitious target – a legally binding target to cut emissions by 80% by 2050. Source