Secretary of State comment on the UK meeting its first carbon budget
皇冠体育app UK has met its first carbon budget, which is the first step in fulfilling our commitment to cut Britain鈥檚 emissions by 80% to 2050.
Secretary of State Edward Davey said:
鈥淲e have reached an important milestone today. 皇冠体育app UK has met its first carbon budget, which is the first step in fulfilling our commitment to cut Britain鈥檚 emissions by 80% to 2050.
鈥溁使谔逵齛pp increase in emissions in 2012, compared to 2011, is of course worrying 鈥� but it needs to be put in the context of higher gas costs that made coal a more attractive fuel for electricity generation, and an increase in residential gas use due a very cold winter.
鈥淕reen investment has been booming in the UK, with renewable electricity generation doubling and 拢31bn of renewable energy investment announced since 2010. Now with the Energy Act 2013, we can look forward not just to hitting our renewable targets for 2020, but beating them.鈥�