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80% Challenge - Delivering a low-carbon UK
9th November 2007
Keeping human-induced average temperature rises to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels – the UK and EU goal – will require the UK to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by at least 80% by 2050. Taking into account the latest climate science, the current UK target of a 60% reduction is inadequate if Britain is to play its part in avoiding dangerous climate change.
The Institute of Public Policy Research (ippr), WWF and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) set out to investigate whether a target of 80% can be achieved in the UK by domestic efforts alone and what the costs of doing so would be.
