UK action to curb greenhouse gas emissions is lagging far behind what is needed,even to meet previous,less stringent,emissions targets.Over the past year,the Government has delivered just 1 of 25 critical policies needed to get emissions reductions back on track,its new report shows.Meanwhile,action to prepare our homes,businesses and natural environment for a warming world is less ambitious than it was ten years ago.Of 33 key sectors assessed by the Committee in a second,related report,none show good progress when it comes to managing climate change risk.”The UK is the first major economy to set a net-zero emissions target and intends to host the world's leaders at next year's landmark climate conference(COP26),said Lord Deben,CCC Chairman.”These are historic steps forward and position the UK at the forefront of the global low-carbon transition.But international ambition does not deliver domestic action.It's time for the Government to show it takes its responsibilities seriously.Reducing emissions to net zero by 2050,requires real action by Government now.”Baroness Brown of Cambridge,Chair of the CCC's Adaptation Committee,said,”The UK is not ready for the impacts of climate change,even at the minimum expected level of global warming.The Government is not yet addressing adequately all of the climate risks it has itself identified as critical-including from surface water flooding and the impacts of high temperatures on health.”
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