UK on path to ‘zero carbon’ economy

The UK will move towards a zero carbon economy later this year by mapping tougher emissions targets to match international climate agreements.Claire Perry, the minister for energy and clean growth, told delegates of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting that Britain would call on its official climate watchdog for tighter carbon controls. The Committee on Climate Change roadmap will follow a report from the UN’s IPCC on how the international community can meet targets agreed in 2016.  She also pledged investment of more than £8m for pioneering technology to help tackle global climate change and prepare for the natural disasters which are likely as a result of global warming. The UK’s Climate Change Act already sets a long-term target of reducing emissions by 80pc from a 1990 base by 2050.