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UK will miss 2030 emissions targets without ‘immediate step change’ – analysts

Source: PA Wire

The UK Government is going to miss its 2030 decarbonisation targets without “an immediate step change” in policy, the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) has said.

A lack of consistent messaging, U-turns and watered down targets mean the Government has to “close the gap” within the next five years.

The UK is committed under the to lower its emissions

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