Committee on Climate Change

The CCC commissioned research from a number of consultants to inform its advice on meeting carbon budgets. 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 - Progress developing a legal framework and reducing emissions

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

• BRE (2009) An investigation of the effect of rising block tariffs on fuel poverty
• Cambridge Econometrics (2009) An Impact Assessment of the Current Economic downturn on UK CO₂emissions.
• Pissarides, C. (2008) Assessment of macro economic transmission mechanisms of carbon constraints through the UK economy.

Chapter 3 - Emissions reduction scenarios and indicators

Chapter 4 - Delivering low-carbon power

• Poyry Energy Consulting (2009) Carbon Capture and Storage: Milestones to deliver large-scale deployment by 2030 in the UK
• Redpoint Energy (2009) Decarbonising the GB power sector.
• Poyry Energy Consulting (2009) Timeline for wind generation to 2020 and a set of progress indicators.
• Poyry Energy Consulting (2009) Impact of Intermittency

Chapter 5 - Reducing emissions in buildings and industry

• Element Energy - Uptake of energy efficiency in buildings
• NERA - Renewable Heat Technologies for Carbon Abatement: Characteristics and Potential

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

• Element Energy (2009) Strategies for the uptake of electric vehicles and associated infrastructure implications.
• AEA (2009) Review of cost assumptions and technology uptake scenarios in the CCC transport MACC model.
• AEA (2009) Market outlook to 2022 for battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
• CCC Expert Workshop, 2 June 2009 "Land Use Aspects of Transport's Contribution to Climate Change