The Welsh government failing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
The Welsh Government ministers set a 10-year target in 2010 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% below levels of 1990. Still shy of its commitment, in 2015, only a 19% drop has been reached. Additionally, an added target of an 80% reduction by 2050 was added in 2016 with a set commitment by ministers of 10-yearly interim targets by the end of 2018.
Though the assembly's climate change committee suggests Wales' industrial profile and cold winters should have been been better considered when setting its target, Chairman Mike Hedges recognizes its ambitious goal as attainable while another Welsh government spokesman assures its commitment is "long standing."
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