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The UK steps up with an 81% emissions cut target at COP29 following Trump win

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The UK announced a more ambitious climate goal at the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku , Azerbaijan .

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the UK will fulfill a pledge made by the Conservatives of 11.6 billion in climate finance to poor countries.

UK greenhouse gas emissions have fallen by almost half from 1990 levels, mainly due to the phaseout of coal.