UK Carbon Emissions Cut By Half Since 1990: Experts

Britain's last coal-fired power station, at Ratcliffe on Soar, closed in October 2024 (Credit: AFP)

The UK has cut its carbon emissions by 50.4 percent since 1990 levels, a group of experts tasked with advising the government said on Wednesday.

The figures are included in the first assessment of the new Labour government's progress on reducing emissions by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) since it took office last July.