Tagged: emissions targets

Scottish unconventional oil and gas: Compatibility with Scottish emissions targets

November 8, 2016 in Publications

The Committee on Climate Change was asked by the Scottish Government to examine the impacts of extraction of Scottish unconventional oil and gas (UOG), comprising shale gas, shale oil and coalbed methane, on Scottish greenhouse gas emissions and climate targets. This report fulfils that duty.

Imperial College Grantham Institute: Shale gas analysis for the CCC

in Publications

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In this report for the Committee on Climate Change, the TIAM-Grantham energy system model is used to consider the impact of a ‘dash for gas’ in Western Europe on global energy supply and emissions. The report builds on analysis carried out as part of the AVOID2 project.

UK climate action following the Paris Agreement

October 13, 2016 in Publications

The Paris Agreement marks a significant positive step in global action to tackle climate change. This report considers the domestic actions the UK Government should take as part of a fair contribution to the aims of the Agreement.

Concrete action needed to meet UK climate commitments following Paris Agreement and Brexit vote

in News stories, Press Releases

Durham, UK - October 14, 2015. Rows of terraced houses in the city of Durham with Durham Cathedral in the background.

In a set of new reports, the Committee recommends that the Government vigorously pursues the full package of measures the CCC has identified in order to meet existing UK climate commitments at least cost.

Meeting Carbon Budgets – Implications of Brexit for UK climate policy

in Publications

The vote to leave the EU does not change the UK’s legal commitments to reduce its emissions by 57% by 2030 and at least 80% by 2050 (relative to 1990) under the Climate Change Act.

The UK’s approach to tackling climate change

July 19, 2016 in Blog

idford, UK - October 2, 2014: River Avon, Bidford UK - The river Avon at Bidford upon Avon Warwickshire English Midlands UK. The Avon is navigable at this point and there are leisure and pleasure boats moored on the river. It is a sunny afternoon in Autumn (October) and there are no visible people in the picture.

There has been, to adopt a phrase, a lot of news of late: the referendum on the EU, the impact on all of the political parties, a new Prime Minister and a new structure for Government and its ministerial team with countless deviations, contortions and digressions in between (and more, no doubt, to come). Yet, when it comes to climate change, three things remain unchanged, writes Committee on Climate Change Chairman, Lord Deben.

CCC response to request for updated advice on Scottish emissions targets

July 13, 2016 in Publications

This is a letter from Matthew Bell, CCC Chief Executive, to Roseanna Cunningham MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform in response to a request for updated advice pursuant to the Climate Change (Scotland) Act.