We’ve got carbon emissions targets we can still be proud of

David Cameron stepped into a cabinet row this week and accepted the recommendations from the government’s independent climate advisors for ambitious targets that would lead to a 50% cut in carbon emissions by 2025.

And this wouldn’t have been possible without the help of our supporters. 10,245 Greenpeace supporters sent messages to Cameron alongside thousands from 38 degrees and other organisations.

This puts the UK back in the race to reduce climate emissions and sends a clear signal to industry and investors that the UK is committed to a low carbon economy. It also means the creation of new jobs and factories in clean energy industries is more likely and puts us back in the race to compete with China, Germany and California in clean technology.

It also means the UK is the first country in the world to have tough legally binding carbon targets through to 2027.

Truly something to be proud of. Well done to all of you for helping to make sure this government sticks to its green promises.

In Chris Huhne’s announcement today he said that a package of measures for energy intensive industries (like the steel industry) would be announced by the end of this year to help convert them to low carbon industries. Crucially this does not affect the carbon targets announced today.

Now Cameron needs to build on this by giving the Green Investment Bank the powers it needs to unlock the billions needed to deliver on these targets.

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