Zero emissions: UK aims to be first of G7 with 'ambitious' target

London: The UK will become the first major nation to pass a law mandating “net zero” greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the government has announced.

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion
group demonstrate in London in April.

And Downing Street has said it expects other countries to “follow suit”.

They have not specified how they will reach this goal – but it is likely to be though a combination of clean energy generation, tree planting, a change to domestic central heating technology and habits, and incentives to switch to an electric car and truck fleet.

Read the story from The Age by Nick Miller - “Zero emissions: UK aims to be first of G7 with 'ambitious' target.”