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UK contribution to EU Emissions Scheme 'inadequate'
29 June 2006
UK Government proposals for the next period of the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme are completely inadequate, Friends of the Earth said today.
The Government announced today that it is aiming to deliver an annual reduction of 8 million tonnes of carbon. But this is significantly lower than the 12 million tonnes that the Government needs to deliver for this sector to get back on track for achieving its 20% reduction target by 2010.
Friends of the Earth's climate campaigner, Germana Canzi said:
"The UK should have been far more ambitious with its contribution to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. As a consequence of today's announcement the Government will not keep its repeated promise of cutting UK emissions by 20% by 2010.
"Emissions have risen since Labour came to power. Ministers must do far more if they want to demonstrate genuine leadership on tackling climate change. This is why we need a new climate law, as called for by The Big Ask campaign, that will commit successive governments to annual cuts in carbon dioxide emissions."
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