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The Department for International Development (DfID) said the UK remained committed to the target.

The UK has no policies in place to meet more than half of the carbon emission cuts required by law by 2030, the government's official advisers warned on Thursday, the same day ministers committed to the target.

More important, the Union backed down from previous suggestions that it would cut its emissions by 30 percent from 1990 levels by 2020, remaining committed to the target of a 20 percent cut it had initially promised.

Asked specifically whether the government remained committed to the "target range" of 5%to25%5%, a spokeswoman for foreign minister Julie Bishop did not mention the range or the conditions, saying only, "Australia is committed to a 5% reduction in emissions and would like to reduce emissions further but will pursue direct action consistent with prudent fiscal policy to bring this about".

Cristina Casalinho, chief economist of BPI, a Portuguese bank, said it was essential for the government "to pay more attention to staying very committed to the targets".

1990s Greener government In 1996, the Government published Making Waste Work, outlining its waste strategy and committing to the target of 25 per cent of household waste to be recycled by 2000.

But, she said, the government remained "absolutely committed" to the 2020 target of eliminating child poverty altogether.

Defence Cameron has committed to the Nato target of spending 2% of national income on defence, meaning the budget will rise over the parliament.

Neither the Conservatives nor Labour have committed to the Nato target.

Since Labour has already committed to the spending targets for 2015-16, and since it presumably would also sell those banking assets if market conditions permit, Ed Balls could meet his target of cutting the debt within months of taking office.

Delegates acknowledged that while their leaders had committed to the Abuja Declaration target of 15 percent of their GDP on health and HIV, only a handful of countries had met this target.