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Greenhouse gas emissions fall faster than global average - The Times

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Greenhouse gas emissions fall faster than global average
ENVIRONMENT The drop means Britain is roughly halfway to the goal of net zero emissions by 2050 ALAMY

Britain’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by more than 3 per cent last year, much faster than the global average.

However, experts said the decrease must be repeated every year for decades to meet the country’s net zero target, a pace they warned would be “incredibly challenging”.

Emissions fell by 3.4 per cent in 2022, as coronavirus restrictions were relaxed, an analysis of official government data reveals. The drop leaves Britain’s emissions at 412 million tonnes of CO2, meaning the nation is roughly halfway to its legally binding goal of net zero emissions by 2050.

By comparison, global energy-related emissions increased by 0.9 per cent last year, to a record high of almost 37 billion tonnes of CO2.

In the UK coal and gas emissions fell

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