No need to tighten UK carbon budget in light of Paris deal, say climate advisers

Green campaigners disappointed by advice from the Climate Change Committee not to revise budget that is currently based on keeping global warming to 2C rather than the new target of 1.5C

The UK's carbon budget for the early 2030s does not need to be tightened despite a tougher global warming target agreed in Paris last month, the government's climate advisers have told ministers.

Campaigners said a letter published on Thursday from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) to energy and climate secretary, Amber Rudd, was "desperately disappointing" for failing to increase the ambition of the so-called fifth carbon budget in light of the Paris climate deal.