1.2 The UK has made world-leading progress in cutting our GHG emissions while growing the economy. We were the first country to introduce legally binding long-term emissions reduction targets, known as carbon budgets, through the Climate Change Act in 2008. Under this legal framework, the UK has led the world in delivering clean growth. Between 1990 and 2018, we reduced our emissions by over 43%² while growing the economy by 75%³. In June 2019, the UK became the first major economy to pass a net zero law to end its contribution to climate change by 2050 and in November we will welcome the world to the UN's climate change summit COP26 in Glasgow. 1.3 Net zero will require all sectors of the UK economy to deliver substantial further emissions reduction. Now is the time to build on the frameworks set out in the Industrial Strategy and the 2017 Clean Growth Strategy, which presented a 'high ambition' emissions reduction pathway through carbon budgets 4 and 5 to 2032³. 1.4 Addressing climate change will deliver a range of co-benefits including improved public health, reduced air pollution and noise. In doing so we will improve the places in which we live and work, our health and wellbeing and outcomes for future generations, as well as reducing inequality and promoting a fairer society.