Committee on Climate Change advises UK to cut emissions 60% by 2030

Britain is set world-leading carbon emissions cut target requiring complete overhaul of energy, farming and motoring

The UK would cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030 under world-leading proposals from the government's advisers on climate change.

Achieving the target proposed by the Committee on Climate Change requires a complete revamp of the nation's electricity market, making it virtually zero-carbon, as well as an overhaul of heat-leaking homes and the replacement of petrol-driven cars with 11m electric or plug-in hybrid models.

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