CAN Collectibles: United Kingdom!
23 May 2012
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| National term of greeting: | “How do you do?”, accompanied by a firm handshake. |
| Annual alcohol consumption: | 8.3 litres per person per year |
| Annual cheese consumption: | 6.1 kilograms per person per year |
| Best things about the UK: | A strong sense of fair play. Unrivalled ability to queue (see also "a strong sense of fair play") |
| Worst things about the UK: | Weather. Brits whining about the weather. |
| Things you didn't know: | Britain is the only country in the world which doesn’t have the country’s name on its postage stamps (or so the Internet tells us) |
| Existing unconditional pledge on the table: | 20% below 1990 levels by 2020 as per the EU. 34% below 1990 levels by 2020 as the UK’s share of that 20% |
| Existing conditional pledge (upper end): | 30% below 2000 levels by 2020. 42% below 1990 levels by 2020 as the UK’s share of that 30% a reduction of 2.6% per year in the budget periods 2008-2022 |
| Next step to increase ambition by COP18: | 40% below 1990 levels by 2020. Support that 20% of the EU budget should go to climatesmart investment. Support an EU move to 30% (solely through domestic action) in 2012. Support stronger measures in the EU Energy Efficiency Directive – it’s not all about the ETS! |