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The Climate Change Committee regularly issues calls for evidence to gather the views of a wide range of experts, businesses and organisations when developing its advice.

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Summary

We are seeking views to inform our advice on the UK's Seventh Carbon Budget, Wales's Fourth Carbon Budget and Northern Ireland's Fourth Carbon Budget.

This call for evidence closes on the 16th January 2024.

Introduction

Welcome to the CCC’s call for evidence to inform our advice on the UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget (2038-2042), Wales’s Fourth Carbon Budget (2031-2035) and Northern Ireland’s Fourth Carbon Budget (2038-2042).*

We welcome individuals, organisations and representative bodies to submit evidence via answering any of the thirteen questions. Download a PDF of the call for evidence questions at this link.

Our methodology is explained in the CCC’s 'Proposed methodology for the Seventh Carbon Budget advice', which can be found on our webpage.

All of the questions state their corresponding section in the CCC's 'Proposed methodology for the Seventh Carbon Budget advice', have a 500-word limit and a multi-select option that indicates whether the submitted answer is general or only relevant to particular sector(s) - please use this to ensure your answer goes to the correct place. Please upload evidence, in Word or PDF format (maximum size 8 megabytes), that supports your answers via the ‘Further evidence’ option on each question. We particularly welcome references to robust and independent studies and international examples of good practice. 

The call for evidence closes on the 16th of January 2024 after which we will consider the answers before finalising the methodology underpinning our advice. We intend to publish every response we receive unless explicitly requested not to. As a public body, Freedom of Information legislative requirements and Environmental Information Regulations apply to all data held by the CCC. 

Thank you in advance for your contributions.

Please read the CCC's 'Proposed methodology for the Seventh Carbon Budget advice' before answering the following questions.

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*Scotland already has its future interim decadal targets in law (for 2030 and 2040) as well as annual targets and a Net Zero by 2045 target. This call for evidence will be used to inform any future advice related to these targets.

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Previous calls for evidence

An overview of recent calls for evidence and the responses the Committee received are listed below for your information.

Carbon Offsets call for evidence
  • In Spring 2022 the CCC launched a call for evidence on voluntary carbon offsetting. The views and evidence provided helped to inform the CCC’s report on ‘Voluntary Carbon Markets and Offsetting’ due to be published in 2022.
Sixth Carbon Budget and Welsh emissions targets call for evidence
  • In late 2019, the Committee launched a call for evidence to inform its advice to the UK Government on the Sixth Carbon Budget, published in December 2020. In addition, the Committee sought input on Wales’ third carbon budget and interim emissions targets.
Net Zero call for evidence
  • In October 2018, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) updated its advice on the UK and Devolved Administrations’ long-term targets for greenhouse gas emissions. The CCC sought evidence to help with that task.
Biomass in a low-carbon economy call for evidence
  • In November 2018, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) updated its advice on the role of biomass in the UK’s low-carbon economy. The CCC sought evidence to help with that task.
Welsh Carbon Budgets and Targets call for evidence
  • In December 2017, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) provided advice to the Welsh Government on setting Welsh carbon targets. The CCC sought evidence to help with that task.
Scottish Climate Change Bill call for evidence
  • In March 2017, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) provided advice to the Scottish Government on a new Climate Change Bill for Scotland. The CCC sought evidence to help with that task.
The Environment (Wales) Act call for evidence
  • In April 2017, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) provided new advice to the Welsh Government on the design of Welsh carbon targets. The CCC sought evidence to help with that task.