A Bill to require that the net UK carbon account by the year 2050 is zero.
House of Commons
1 May 2019
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This Bill would require the UK to have a net carbon account that is zero by 2050. In practice, emissions and removals would need to balance to zero by that year, and the law would set out how this net figure is defined and tracked across the country.
The Bill is at the 2nd reading stage in the Commons and has not yet progressed to more detailed scrutiny or voting; it originated in the Commons and was introduced in 2019.
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