Tagged: Green growth
CCC welcomes Government backing for fifth carbon budget and continued ambition to meet 2050 target
In November 2015, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) advised Government to set the fifth carbon budget to reduce UK greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 by 57% relative to 1990 levels. The Government has now accepted that advice. The Committee welcomes the clear signal this sends about UK ambition to continue reducing emissions into the 2030s across the economy.
How a new approach to standards can drive low-carbon innovation
In order to fast-track innovation that could help to tackle climate change, a new scheme can provide bespoke standards to verify pioneering technologies. Marieke Beckmann from the National Physical Laboratory explains how the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) scheme is helping smaller businesses bring smart new products to the market
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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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New low-carbon electricity generation is cost-effective option for UK power sector investment in 2020s and beyond
A low-carbon electricity supply is the most cost-effective way to meet the need for more generation in the 2020s given the UK’s climate change commitments, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) says in a new report setting out UK power sector scenarios for 2030.
What is the real cost of low-carbon to typical household energy bills? – Media reaction
By Emily Towers, Communications Manager, CCC Last week, we published our first comprehensive analysis of how household energy bills will be impacted by the costs of meeting carbon budgets. Our aim on entering this debate was to fulfil our legal duties in this area (we have a statutory duty to report on fuel poverty under the Climate Change Act), and to add a dispassionate evidence-based analysis to an area where …
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Green growth: paradigm shift or just spin?
by Alex Bowen and Sam Fankhauser, Grantham Research Institute for Climate Change and the Environment. This blog post is a reprint from a post on the Climate and Development Knowledge Network There is much talk at the moment about green growth – environmentally sustainable, biodiverse, low-carbon and climate-resilient growth in human prosperity. Policy makers are attracted by the fact that green growth allows environmental protection to be cast as a …
