Tagged: Climate Science
The data behind the CCC’s fifth carbon budget
Last week the Government agreed to set the fifth carbon budget at the level recommended by the Committee on Climate Change. Today, for the first time, we are pleased to release a detailed set of data from the analysis that underpinned our advice. The Committee recommended a 57% reduction in UK emissions from 2028-2032 on 1990 levels. The dataset we are publishing today describes one way in which this could be met. …
The fifth carbon budget – The next step towards a low-carbon economy
This report presents the Committee’s advice on the fifth carbon budget, covering the period 2028-32, as required under Section 34 of the Climate Change Act 2008. The Committee recommends that the fifth carbon budget is set at 1,765 MtCO2e, including emissions from international shipping, over the period 2028-2032. That would limit annual emissions to an average 57% below 1990 levels.
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Sectoral scenarios for the fifth carbon budget – Technical report
This technical report accompanies the fifth carbon budget – the next step towards a low-carbon economy, the Committee’s published advice on the level of the fifth carbon budget. It describes the scenarios used by the Committee to inform its judgements over the cost-effective path.
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Met Office for the ASC: Developing H++ climate change scenarios
This report describes the results of a project to investigate the development of plausible high-end climate change scenarios. It covers the following climate hazards: heat waves, cold snaps, low and high rainfall, droughts, floods and windstorms. An independent report, it has been produced for the Adaptation Sub-Committee to help inform the UK 2017 climate change risk assessment.
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Second UK Climate Change Risk Assessment gathers pace
A lot of attention is paid to the global impacts of climate change; melting Arctic ice, coastal flooding and coral bleaching to name a few. But what are the risks to the UK from rising global temperatures? The CCC’s Head of Adaptation, Daniel Johns, looks ahead to the second Climate Change Risk Assessment.
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The global impacts of climate change under 1.5, 2, 3 and 4ºC pathways
This research by the AVOID2 consortium describes an assessment of the global-scale impacts of climate change under three different potential temperature pathways through the 21st Century. These pathways reach peaks of 2ºC, 3ºC and 4ºC above pre-industrial values by 2100.
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The scientific and international context for the fifth carbon budget
This report examines the scientific and international circumstances the Committee is required to consider under the Climate Change Act when advising the Government and Parliament on the Fifth Carbon Budget.
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Latest science and international commitments set parameters for UK efforts to tackle climate change
The UK’s goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% in 2050 remains in line with the international commitment to 2 degrees C…
Getting the Measure of GHG Emissions
By Stephen Smith, Scientist at the CCC If you work in the field of climate change then you are probably aware that CO2 isn’t the only greenhouse gas, or GHG. And you may even know that methane is considered 21 times more powerful than CO2. But where does the number 21 come from, and what does it really mean? Climate policies such as the Kyoto Protocol and the UK carbon …
A properly sceptical look at global warming
By Stephen Smith, Scientist at the CCC “Action to reduce emissions only makes sense if the world really is warming, and if our emissions are the main cause. How confident in these two propositions can we be? Many newspaper articles and internet blogs would suggest the jury is still out. But two new scientific studies provide fresh and independent evidence of the reality of human-induced warming. “Warming of the climate …
