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<p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has not made its own
estimates of the proportion of UK fossil fuel reserves that need to be left in the
ground to ensure that global warming is kept to within 2°C. However, even if the UK
were to leave all of its fossil fuel reserves unused this would not necessarily limit
temperatures to below 2°C, as this is a global issue that we need to collectively
address.</p><p> </p><p>As we move towards a low-carbon future following the path set
by the Climate Change Act and the carbon budgets, it remains in all our interests
that we utilise our home-grown oil and gas reserves as they are expected to be an
important part of the energy mix for years to come.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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