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BRITAIN, under the terms of the Kyoto agreement, which was adopted in 1997 and came into force in 2005, must reduce emissions by 80-95 per cent compared with 1990.
The Climate Change Act 2008 goes further, with Britain committed to a 34 per cent reduction in emissions by 2020 and a reduction of 80 per cent by 2050.
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