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<p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is the lead Government
department for policy on climate change mitigation. Defra is responsible for efforts
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the natural resources sectors, including agriculture,
land use, forestry, waste management, and fluorinated gases. We have halved our emissions
from these sectors since 1990 and they now account for 15% of total UK emissions.
We recognise the need to go further and are taking forward a number of commitments
set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan to reduce emissions further.</p><p>These include:
establishing a Lowland Agricultural Peat Taskforce to protect our peat carbon stores
and prevent further emissions; making progress towards our target to plant 11 million
new trees in this Parliament; implementing our new Resources and Waste Strategy; and
continuing to phase down fluorinated gases. The UK is ahead of our international obligations
under the Montreal Protocol, having already started to cut hydrofluorocarbons, most
recently cutting their usage by 37% since 2018. In the 2018 Autumn Budget, the Chancellor
announced £50 million in financing to plant new woodlands to tackle climate change
through the Woodland Carbon Guarantee.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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