Provision of analysis to quantify non-CO2 abatement in the UK agriculture sector by 2050, with an emphasis on the potential for innovative or novel measures

The UK statutory target requires GHG emissions to fall by at least 80% by 2050 on 1990 levels, consistent with a global emissions path aimed at keeping global average temperature to around 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The Paris Agreement reached in December 2015 reinforced the target to limit warming to well below 2°C and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. To achieve this aim, the Agreement additionally sets a target for net zero global emissions in the second half of this century. In October of this year, the CCC received a formal request from the UK and devolved Governments to provide advice on long-term targets for GHG emissions and the UK's transition to a net zero-carbon ec…

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