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A Well-Adapted UK

Footnotes have been removed from the HTML version of this report. For the footnoted version of this report,…

Progress in reducing emissions – 2025 report to Parliament

Presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 36 (1) of the Climate Change Act 2008. This report was laid…

Key organisations failing to tackle threat of cascading climate risks

Many of the UK’s critical energy, water, digital and transport providers are struggling to take account of the climate-related risks to connected infrastructure systems which could lead to cascading failures in service provision if not addressed, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) says.

Department for Transport’s assessment of the case for a third runway at Heathrow

The Chairman of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), Lord Deben, has written to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Rt Hon Greg Clark MP regarding the Department for Transport’s (DfT) assessment of the case for a third runway at Heathrow airport.

UK aviation emissions must be consistent with UK climate change commitments, CCC says

It is important that decisions about UK airport capacity are consistent with the UK’s commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050, as set out in the Climate Change Act, the Committee on Climate Change says.

The Climate Change Act: a retrospective

This week is Climate Week, which is an annual celebration of the contributions made by individuals, business and…

10 Environmental pledges from the lib/con coalition Government

The new liberal conservative coalition Government has agreed on a list of policy pledges on the Environment and…

Meeting the UK aviation target – options for reducing emissions to 2050

This report sets out the Committee’s assessment of options for reducing UK aviation emissions up to 2050.

CCC sets out options to meet the UK’s aviation emissions target – 8 December 2009

A report from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) published today says that aviation policy should be based on the assumption that demand growth between now and 2050 cannot exceed 60% if the UK is to meet the Government’s target that aviation emissions in 2050 must not exceed 2005 levels.

CCC to report on new aviation emissions cap – 1 December 2008

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has been asked by the Government to conduct a review into aviation in the UK to ensure that emissions are limited to below 2005 levels in 2050. This follows on from the Government’s announcement today that it is giving the go ahead for a third runway to be built at Heathrow Airport.