The government has a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the United Kingdom by 50% on 1990 levels by 2025 and to net zero by 2050.
At the minute, there is still a high demand for carbon based products in the UK which produces carbon dioxide. To reduce the demand on carbon, the UK are doing the following things:
- giving households a smart meter so that they can watch how much
energy they are using;
- offer a scheme called the Feed-In Tariff which pays you money for
20 years after your solar panels have been installed;
- and they are working towards making buses greener and promoting
the use of public transport rather than using a car
- Sales of electric cars rose by 43% while overall car sales slumped
by a fifth during 2020