The United Kingdom has set various, legally binding, interim emission reduction targets along the way to reaching net zero by 2050.
As part of the country's carbon budget, the UK government set a climate change target into law to reduce emissions by 78 percent by 2037 compared to 1990 levels. In 2022, UK GHG emissions were 50 percent below 1990 levels, meaning the country over-achieved on the third carbon budget.
GHG emission reduction targets in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2050, by carbon budget period
(in percent)
Carbon budget period
Emission reductions targets relative to 1990 levels
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House of Commons. (September 25, 2024). GHG emission reduction targets in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2050, by carbon budget period (in percent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1449790/carbon-budget-emission-reduction-targets-uk/
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House of Commons. (2024). GHG emission reduction targets in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2050, by carbon budget period (in percent) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1449790/carbon-budget-emission-reduction-targets-uk/
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House of Commons, GHG emission reduction targets in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2050, by carbon budget period (in percent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1449790/carbon-budget-emission-reduction-targets-uk/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
GHG emission reduction targets in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2050, by carbon budget period (in percent) [Graph], House of Commons, September 25, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1449790/carbon-budget-emission-reduction-targets-uk/
