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<p>The UK was the first country to introduce long-term, legally binding emission reduction
targets through the Climate Change Act 2008, which set a 2050 target to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions by at least 80% relative to 1990 levels. The Act also introduced carbon
budgets which cap emissions over successive 5-year periods and must be set 12 years
in advance.</p><p> </p><p>The UK carbon budgets already set in legislation are among
the most stringent in the world. The level of each Carbon Budget is set out in the
table below. Carbon budgets cover a range of greenhouse gas emissions including carbon
dioxide, measured in million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e).</p><table><tbody><tr><td
rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Carbon Budget 1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Carbon
Budget 2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Carbon Budget 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Carbon
Budget 4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Carbon Budget 5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023-27</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2028-32</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Budget
Level</strong> <strong>(MtCO2e)</strong></p></td><td><p>3,018</p></td><td><p>2,782</p></td><td><p>2,544</p></td><td><p>1,950</p></td><td><p>1,725</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change’s special report on the impact of global warming of 1.5°C
in October 2018, the Government commissioned its independent experts, the Committee
on Climate Change (CCC), to provide their advice on the implications of the Paris
Agreement for the UK’s long-term emissions reduction targets, including on setting
a net-zero target. The CCC’s advice is due on 2 May and we will consider it carefully
when it is received.</p>
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