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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey and Jillian Ambrose

UK can reach net zero by 2050, climate report finds

Keir Starmer walking past an onshore wind turbine
Labour’s decision to lift the ban on onshore wind farms has brought the UK closer to the policy framework needed to reach net zero. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

The UK can reach its net zero targets for 2050, and its interim carbon budgets for 2030 and beyond, the government’s statutory climate advisers have reported, in an unusual vote of confidence in green policy.

But difficult decisions cannot be ducked, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) added in its annual progress report to parliament – including a pressing need to overhaul the way energy is taxed in order to make electricity much cheaper than gas.

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