Appeal to cut UK greenhouse gases

The UK should cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by mid-century, the Government's climate change committee recommended.

The committee said a more stringent target than the 60% cut currently in the Climate Change Bill was needed, because new information suggested the dangers of global warming were greater than previously thought.

In a letter to the new Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband, the committee's chairman Adair Turner said the tougher target would be "challenging but feasible", and could be achieved at a cost of 1% to 2% of GDP in 2050.

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