{"id":5408,"date":"2019-07-05T11:29:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T09:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seo.org.pl\/?p=5408"},"modified":"2019-07-05T11:32:45","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T09:32:45","slug":"wielka-brytania-zobowiazuje-sie-do-zerowej-emisji-netto-do-2050-roku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seo.org.pl\/en\/wielka-brytania-zobowiazuje-sie-do-zerowej-emisji-netto-do-2050-roku\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK is now committed by law to the most aggressive climate target in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Kingdom signed a target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in law on Thursday, becoming the first G7 country to set such a goal and cementing the most aggressive transition toward clean energy in the world to date.<br \/>\nOutgoing United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May announced earlier this month that the UK would \u201ceradicate its net contribution to climate change by 2050.\u201d<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a legally-binding move based on the recommendations from parliament\u2019s Committee on Climate Change issued last month. This accelerates the UK\u2019s current target of cutting emissions 80 percent by 2050 compared to 1990 levels, a goal enshrined in the 2008 Climate Change Act. The UK\u2019s new target is \u201cnet-zero\u201d by 2050. It doesn\u2019t mean \u201cno emissions at all\u201d but that any carbon dioxide emitted has to be offset or removed.<br \/>\n\u201cTen years after the Climate Change Act became law, now is the right moment to set a more ambitious goal,\u201d the CCC said in a statement. \u201cThe CCC\u2019s recommended targets, which cover all sectors of the UK, Scottish and Welsh economies, are achievable with known technologies, alongside improvements in people\u2019s lives, and should be put into law as soon as possible.\u201d<br \/>\nThe law comes shortly after the UK went two whole weeks without burning coal for electricity, the longest stretch without coal since the industrial revolution.<br \/>\nBut the UK will have to do more than curtail coal to meet its target, which demands an abrupt turn away from fossil fuels for the world\u2019s seventh-largest economy.<br \/>\nAchieving these ambitions means that by 2035, all new cars must be electric. Forests must expand from covering 13 percent of land today to 17 percent by 2050. All buildings must be retrofitted and decarbonized. People must consume less meat. Thermostats in the winter should be set no higher than 19 degrees Celsius.<br \/>\nThe UK\u2019s new climate change law stands out in the world because it encompasses the entire UK economy, and the country is starting from an inefficient, fossil fuel-heavy baseline. So the commitment to get to zero emissions in the UK is a bigger transition than any other country has agreed to so far.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2019\/5\/4\/18528526\/climate-change-uk-net-zero-law\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Kingdom signed a target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in law on Thursday, becoming the first G7 country to set such a goal and cementing the most aggressive transition toward clean energy in the world to date. 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