Provision of analysis to consider the policy framework required to support deep emissions reductions and increased carbon removals in agriculture and land use in the UK

In June this year, the UK Government accepted the Committee's advice and Parliament legislated the setting of a more ambitious target to reduce UK GHG emissions to net-zero by 2050. Achieving net-zero in the UK would lead the global effort to limit the rise in global average temperature to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. This replaces the previous legislated 2050 UK target which required at least a 80% reduction by 2050. The new legislated net zero target requires contribution from all sectors of the economy, i...