Committee on Climate Change
Independent advisors to the UK Government on tackling and preparing for climate change
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The Fourth Carbon Budget - Reducing emissions through the 2020s
This report joins up the detailed analysis that we have previously published on the path to 2020, with longer-term analysis of the path to 2050. It contains in depth analysis of the latest climate science, the international context and looks across sectors including power, surface transport, buildings, industry and agriculture.
Download individual chapters of the report: Chapter 1 - Revisiting the science of climate change Chapter 2 - The international context - implications for the fourth carbon budget Chapter 3 - The fourth carbon budget Chapter 4 - Decarbonising surface transport Chapter 5 - Reducing emissions from buildings and industry through the 2020s Chapter 6 - Power sector decarbonisation to 2030 Chapter 7 - Reducing emissions from agriculture, land use, land-use change and forestry Chapter 8 - Wider economic and social considerations and differences in national circumstances 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.
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This report sets the Committee's advice on the fourth carbon budget, covering the period 2023-27, as required under Section 4 of the Climate Change Act; the Government will propose draft legislation for the fourth budget in Spring 2011. In line with the required timetable, this report comes only two years after the
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