British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce a new target that he says will reduce the United Kingdom's greenhouse gas emissions "faster than any major economy".
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The target aims to cut the UK's emissions by at least 68 per cent from 1990 levels by 2030 and to set the country on the path to net zero by 2050.
The goal is more ambitious than the one the European Union, which the UK left earlier this year, is expected to set next week.
The UK's is co-hosting the Climate Ambition Summit with the United Nations and France on December 12, which coincides with the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, a global pact aimed at averting catastrophic climate change.
"Today, we are taking the lead with an ambitious new target to reduce our emissions by 2030, faster than any major economy," Johnson said.
"But this is a global effort, which is why the UK is urging world leaders as part of next week's Climate Ambition Summit to bring forward their own ambitious plans to cut emissions and set net zero targets," he added.
Australian Associated Press