Review will see whether targets need to be strengthened to fit with the aims of Paris climate accord, says UK energy minister
LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) - Britain will review its climate targets to see whether they need to be strengthened to fit with the aims of an international climate accord, Britain's energy minister said on Tuesday.
* "We will be seeking the advice of the UK's independent advisors, the Committee on Climate Change, on the implications of the Paris Agreement for the UK's long-term emissions reduction targets," Claire Perry said
* Perry is Britain's minister for energy and clean growth and made the comments during a speech as part of this week's Commonwealth heads of government meeting in London
* Britain has a legally binding target to cut emissions by 80 percent on 1990 levels by 2050
* Experts have warned this will not be enough to put the country on a path to help limit a rise in global temperatures to "well below" 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times, as agreed by more than 190 nations in Paris in 2015.
* Britain's review of its targets will take place after the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issues a report later this year on the potential impact of global warming above 1.5 degrees, Perry said. (Reporting by Susanna Twidale; editing by Nina Chestney)
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