The British Government has officially admitted that they are unlikely to meet the previous target of reducing carbon emissions by 20% by 2010, according to a BBC report today.   Instead, they think emissions will be reduced by 15-18%, which is of course still greater than then 12.5% reduction agreed in the Kyoto Protocol. 

The Government’s 2006 Climate Change Programme, released today, is available here.

UPDATE 2006-03-29:  The Financial Times report of the announcement is here.

UPDATE 2006-03-31:  The Economist report is here.

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