Committee on Climate Change

As part of its statutory role, the CCC provides annual reports to Parliament on the progress that Government is making in meeting carbon budgets and in reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.

Meeting Carbon Budgets - the need for a step change is the CCC's first annual progress report to Parliament. It assesses the progress that has been made by Government so far in reducing emissions and the implications of the recession and 'credit crunch' for meeting carbon budgets. The report will set out the emission reduction indicators that will be used to judge progress and will provide a detailled analysis of the policies required to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from electricity generation, from buildings and industry, heat and transport in the years up to the end of the third carbon budget period in 2022.

Meeting Carbon Budgets - the need for a step change - 12 October 2009

• Full report (5.3MB.pdf)
• Executive Summary (2.36MB.pdf)
• Pocket guide (2.13MB.pdf)
• Presentation by Lord Adair Turner (3.10MB.pdf)

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Progress developing a legal framework and reducing emissions

Chapter 2 - Implications of the recession and credit crunch for meeting budgets

Chapter 3 - Emissions reduction scenarios and indicators

Chapter 4 - Delivering low-carbon power

Chapter 5 - Reducing emissions in buildings and industry

Chapter 6 - Reducing surface transport emissions through low-carbon cars and consumer behaviour change

Committee members, from left to right: Lord Robert May, Professor Julia King, Sam Fankauser, Lord Adair Turner, David Kennedy, Professor Sir Brian Hoskins and Professor Michael Grubb.

Lord Nicholas Stern welcomed the Committee's report saying:

Sustainability

Limited numbers of the CCC's full report were printed. The report was printed using waterless printing, 100% renewable energy and vegetable oil based inks on paper with 100% recycled content, FSC, EMAS and ISO 14001 certified.