The United Kingdom has released its Net Zero Strategy, which sets out policies and proposals for decarbonising all sectors of the UK economy to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. The country aims to fully decarbonise the power system by 2035 thanks to renewable capacities (including targets of 40 GW of offshore wind capacity and over 1 GW of floating offshore wind by 2030) and to large-scale nuclear projects, subject to value for money. It also aims to deliver 5 GW of hydrogen production capacity by 2030 whilst halving emissions from oil and gas, and to create four carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) clusters by 2030; the Hynet and East Coast Clusters are expected to help the UK meet its target of capturing 20 to 30 MtCO2/year by 2030. In addition, the United Kingdom aspires to set a path to all new heating appliances in homes and workplaces from 2035 being low carbon, remove all road emissions at the tailpipe, kick-start zero-emissions international travel, and deploy at least 5 MtCO2/year of engineered greenhouse gas removals (GGRs) by 2030.
The United Kingdom pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 in 2019. In its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), the United Kingdom committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 by 68% compared to 1990 levels. In 2020, GHG emissions declined by 8.9% to 414 MtCO2eq, which is 49% below their 1990 level.
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