UK SBS BLOJEU-CR16120BEIS - UK 2050 Calculator Update - Project 1 External Modelling

The UK's Climate Change Act was passed in 2008 and established a framework to develop an economically credible emissions reduction path, setting a target of reducing greenhouse emissions by at least 80% in 2050 from 1990 levels. On November 17th 2016, the UK Government signed the Paris Climate Agreement, which provides a framework for governments as well as business and investors to keep global warming below 2°C, pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. Furthermore, one of the main aims of the...