Secretary of state for energy Amber Rudd sent a clear message last week that the UK remains committed to carbon reductions. The country’s fifth carbon budget, put before parliament on 30 June, sets a legally binding target of 57 percent reductions by 2032, compared to a 1990 benchmark.
Campaigns such as the global RE100 initiative have a vital role to play in helping the UK to achieve its carbon goals. Since its launch nearly two years ago, RE100 has encouraged some of the world’s most influential companies to commit to buying 100 per cent of their electricity from renewable sources by a specific year. With 68 major companies from across the world currently signed up, the campaign is helping boost contributions from the private sector to renewable energy investment – a key ambition of the Paris Agreement.
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