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Nature 405, 873 (22 June 2000) | doi:10.1038/35016222

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UK panel calls for more cuts to carbon dioxide emission

Natasha Loder

Britain should reduce its emissions of carbon dioxide by 60% over the next 50 years, and set an international model for tackling climate change, according to a key independent report to the UK government published last week.The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, in a report entitled Energy — The Changing Climate, says the United Kingdom has a "moral imperative" to act now to curb emissions.