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<p>Each year the Government sets out its progress to meeting carbon reduction targets
in response to the annual progress report from the Committee on Climate Change. The
latest response was published in October 2015:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/committee-on-climate-changes-2015-progress-report-government-response"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/committee-on-climate-changes-2015-progress-report-government-response</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>The Government has made good progress to date and is on track to meet the second
and third carbon budgets. Indeed, UK has reduced emissions by around 30% since 1990
and last year we cut emissions by 8% against a backdrop of a growing economy.</p><p>
</p><p>Options to meet the fourth carbon budget will be developed in this Parliament.
We will say more on our approach to reducing emissions in the 2020s after we set the
fifth carbon budget in June, in accordance with the Climate Change Act.</p>
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