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UK pledges punchy new climate goal – but these parts of the puzzle are missing

May 30, 2025
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UK pledges punchy new climate goal – but these parts of the puzzle are missing

The UK has unveiled a punchy new climate goal to slash its emissions by 81% by 2035.

The government said it is on a mission to “tackle the climate crisis in a way that makes the British people better off”, by investing in clean, home-grown power and cutting ties with volatile fossil fuel markets.

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said: “The only way to protect current generations is by making Britain a clean energy superpower, and the only way to protect future generations is by tackling the climate crisis.”

The new target to cut emissions by 81% compared with 1990 levels would “protect our environment, deliver energy security and restore our global climate reputation”, he said.

The pledge has gone down well at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, where rich, polluting countries like the UK are expected to lead by example among the 200 countries gathered for the talks.

Kenya’s foreign secretary called the target “quite ambitious”.

The world needs “concrete examples of one of the key economies making positive strides towards dealing with climate change”, Musalia Mudavadi told Sky News.

But he warned countries would be watching to ensure “that nobody is back-pedalling”.

The UK’s pledge matches what its climate advisers say is needed to tackle climate change at home and meet a promise it made under the landmark Paris Agreement, struck at COP21 in 2015.

But the advisers, the Climate Change Committee (CCC), warned the government is missing plans it needs to get to that target.

“The good news is [the 81% target] is achievable,” said the CCC’s new chief Emma Pinchbeck.

“The less good news for government is they are behind on their [existing] targets.”

That’s not because “we don’t have the technologies available, or that the economics don’t work”, she said.

“The issue is that we haven’t had a delivery plan from the government that can get us there.”

The UK has been “arguably the leading country in the world at getting emissions out of the power plant that provides the electricity coming through your plug”.

But the “problem right now is definitely in how we heat our homes and transport, how we get around”, and flying and shipping also need plans to get clean, she said.

This post appeared first on sky.com

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