Warning: bigger carbon cut needed to avoid disaster

Drastic action is needed if Britain is to have any chance of avoiding catastrophic climate change, a ground-breaking environmental report warns today.

At the moment, the government’s estimate is that a 60% cut in emissions is needed to avoid a 2C increase in temperatures by 2050. But the authors of today’s study conclude that a 90% cut in emissions is needed. Their data suggests that when aviation and shipping is factored in, UK carbon emissions have not fallen at all since 1990.
Guardian