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<p>Climate change is one of the most urgent and pressing challenges we face today
and this Government is committed to tackling it</p><p>Our ambitious domestic emissions
reduction targets, enshrined in UK law, will not be affected by Brexit. These commitments,
including our net zero 2050 target, go beyond our emissions reduction commitments
in EU law.</p><p>The Environment Bill – laid on the 15<sup>th</sup> October - will
establish a new, world-leading independent regulator that will enforce our climate
commitments, working closely alongside our independent advisers, the Committee on
Climate Change.</p><p>Brexit will not affect our international climate commitments.
The UK is a party to the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement in our own right and
we are bound by all the obligations of these agreements under international law. This
includes the requirement to prepare, communicate and maintain successive Nationally
Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. We have committed to publishing
an enhanced UK NDC by February next year.</p><p>In addition to these commitments,
we have recently announced that we are setting up a new climate change cabinet committee,
chaired by the Prime Minister. This committee will galvanise efforts to tackle environmental
challenges and become the cleanest, greenest society on earth, inspiring countries
around the world to follow our lead.</p>
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