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Closed Get the UK's carbon emissions to net-zero by 2040.

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Set a strategy so that carbon emissions can be reduced to net zero by 2030, or by 2040 at the absolute latest as the current target of 2050 is too late

Children are concerned about the state the planet will be in when they are adults and want more to be done now to combat climate change.

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    This petition will stay open until 16 August 2021.