CCC Keynote: How the UK will meet the 2050 Target

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“Ethical Markets highly recommends this video and report from Ethical Corporation on Britain’s Zero GHGs target for 2050.

~Hazel Henderson, Editor“

This week saw the Committee on Climate Change publish a report highlighting the lack of action by the UK Government, across a number of indicators, in meeting the 2050 Target.

Last month, on the day that the UK Government announced it was going to legislate the 2050 Target, Mike Thompson, Head of Carbon Budgets and a lead Author at the Committee on Climate Change, outlined at #RBSEU what the UK has to do to deliver the target, where business fits in and the opportunities it presents.

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