From 2006 to 2016 Britain made some of biggest emission cuts of any rich country, averaging 3.4% a year
was a chemist by training, which may be one reason why she was also one of the first world leaders to warn about the dangers of an overheating planet. In a speech to theentering the atmosphere.
If anything, that undersells the scale of the fall. Historical emissions figures must be estimated from secondary sources. But it seems likely that the last time carbon dioxide emissions were as low as today was in the closing years of the 19th century, when Queen Victoria was on the throne and cars and electric lighting were cutting-edge curiosities.
The gap has been filled by gas, and by renewable energy. Wind and solar power have boomed on the back of subsidies that guarantee their power can be sold at favourable prices. Offshore wind, in particular, is growing fast. Britain already has the world’s biggest offshore wind farm, and several more are being built.
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