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Spain targets 90 per cent carbon cuts under new climate strategy

Madeleine Cuff

14 November 2018 •

Spain's Minister for the Ecological Transition Teresa Ribera | Credit: Flickr/ Casa de América

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Spain's Minister for the Ecological Transition Teresa Ribera | Credit: Flickr/ Casa de América

Spain will aim to run on 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2050

Spain has set out plans to completely decarbonise its electricity system by mid-century and transition to a net zero economy soon after. In a new draft climate law released yesterday, the Spanish government...

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