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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 10 years ago, and since then we have galvanised
action and initiative across the UK and internationally, including helping secure
the landmark Paris Agreement in 2015 and launching the Powering Past Coal Alliance.</p><p>
</p><p>The fourth and fifth carbon budgets require ambitious emissions reductions
equivalent to 51% and 57% over the periods 2023-27 and 2028-32 from a 1990 baseline,
and we have some of the most stringent legislative targets in the world.</p><p> </p><p>Following
the recent IPCC report, we commissioned advice from the Committee on Climate Change
on our long-term targets. As noted by the CCC, this may include an update of their
advice on the most cost-effective pathway for emission reduction. We will consider
that advice carefully when it is received.</p>
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