Committee on Climate Change

The CCC commissioned research from a number of consultants to inform its advice on the fourth carbon budget. Consultant's reports are listed below according to the chapter that they support and can be accessed and downloaded by clicking on the relevant link.

Chapter 1: Revisiting the science of climate change

• AVOID consortium (2010): An updated review of developements in climate science research since IPCC AR4

Chapter 3: The Fourth Carbon Budget

• UCL (2010) UK MARKAL Modelling - Examining Decarbonisation Pathways in the 2020s on the Way to Meeting the 2050 Emissions Target

Chapter 5: Reducing emissions from buildings and industry through the 2020s

• NERA (2010) analysis of low carbon heat to 2030
• AEA (2010) report on options for decarbonising industry and peer review

Chapter 6:Power sector decarbonisation to 2030

• Poyry (2010) Options for low-carbon power sector flexibility to 2050

Chapter 7: Reducing emissions from agriculture, land use, land-use change and forestry

• Cranfield University study (2011): "The effect of changes in UK food consumption on land requirements and greenhouse gas emissions" Report revision in April 2011.  This document is a revision of this report first published in December 2010. Tables 30 and 31 were changed following scrutiny of the original data relating to UK land use change effects. Errors in the presentation of the data used were identified. The relevant analyses were repeated