New net zero emissions target won't end UK's contribution to global warming - here's why

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University of Manchester's Joe Blakey and Marc Hudson make the case for a net zero target that falls well before 2050

Six months on from the UN's landmark 1.5C report, which urged immediate global action to prevent global warming from rising beyond this dangerous level, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has advised...

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