04.02.2009 - UK climate targets impossible without individual carbon budgets
From Businessgreen.com: Targets set out in the climate change bill will not be met without the introduction of personal carbon allowances, according to a new report for the The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). The study warns that with carbon emissions from individuals rising and representing some 44 per cent of the UK's emissions – chiefly from transport – policies that avoid addressing this slice of emissions will not deliver big enough reductions to meet the government's overarching target of an 80 per cent cut in emissions by 2050..... Full Article: Source
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