Keir Starmer unveils ambitious UK climate goal at COP29

Keir Starmer tells COP29 there will be new 'ambitious' climate target for UK
The prime minister confirms the UK's target to reduce greenhouse gases by at least 81% on 1990 levels by 2035.
COP29: UK's Starmer sets out new 2035 climate goal
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 81% by 2035 as he committed the country to a more ambitious climate goal at the United Nations COP29 climate summit.
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The Labour leader, one of the few Westerners to have participated in the 29th Convention on Climate Change, unveiled highly ambitious climate targets for his country. Among the key objectives: 81% reduction in carbon emissions by 2035.
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UK's Starmer pledges 81% emissions cut by 2035 at COP29
Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled the new target as he attended the beginning of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, where he is one of the only G20 leaders to show up.
UK's Starmer sets out new 2035 climate goal
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 81% by 2035 as he committed the country to a more ambitious climate goal at the United Nations COP29 climate summit. The new goal is in line with a recommendation from a committee of climate advisers who said last month the target should exceed the current 78% cut to emissions,
Starmer: New UK target for 81% emissions cut by 2035
Starmer insisted the government would not "tell people how to live their lives" in achieving the aim.
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The power behind the PM? Starmer pictured with Blair at COP29
The former and current premier were pictured together meeting Iraqi Kurdish leader Nechirvan Barzani at the event in Baku.