15 News & Press Releases found
Committee on Climate Change (CCC) News
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Review highlights major role for renewables in meeting UK climate targets - 9 May 2011
The Committee on Climate Change said today, that renewable energy should make a major contribution to decarbonising the UK economy over the next decades. The conclusions are set out in the Committee’s Renewable Energy Review which was ...
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CCC responds to the electricity market reform consultation
In a letter to Chris Huhne, the CCC today welcomed the Government’s proposed reforms to the electricity market. Specifically, the Committee agreed that basing the new arrangements on long-term contracts for low carbon capacity / generation ...
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CCC shortlisted for a Climate Week Award - 4 March 2011
The CCC has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Climate Week Awards under the category of "Best initiative by a Government or Statutory Body". The Committee entered its work on the 4th carbon budget report for consideration by the panel which ...
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Scotland advised to cut emissions by 3.5% each year from 2020 to 2050
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) today advised the Scottish Government to cut emissions of greenhouse gases by at least 3.5% each year from 2020 to 2050, as a ‘fair and safe’ contribution to tackling climate change. The Committee ...
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Baroness Young leaves adaptation sub-committee - 21st January 2011
Baroness Barbara Young, one of the founding members of the Adaptation Sub-Committee (ASC) is leaving the Committee to take up a new post as Chief Executive of Diabetes UK, which will take up a significant portion of her time. Barbara Young joined ...
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UK should commit to a 60% cut in emissions by 2030 as a contribution to global efforts to combat climate change
The Committee on Climate Change today recommended a carbon budget for 2023-27 and a target for emissions reductions in 2030 – halfway between now and 2050. The recommended target for 2030, to cut emissions by 60% relative to 1990 levels (46% ...
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CCC publishes expenditure data online
The Committee on Climate Change today publishes details of all expenditure by month that exceeds £500 on its website. This is part of the Committee’s commitment to transparency and is in line with the Government’s transparency ...
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Government advised to re-design ‘complex’ CRC scheme for the second phase
The Committee on Climate Change has recommended that Government re-designs the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) energy efficiency scheme prior to the start of the second phase (2013-2017), in order to reduce its complexity. The current intention ...
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Be prepared: the UK should act now to adapt to climate change
The independent body that advises government on climate adaptation (the Adaptation Sub-Committee) today published the first national assessment of how well prepared the UK is for climate change. The report concludes that, with the impacts of climate ...
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Low carbon innovation report - Supporting analysis and evidence published- 18 August 2010
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) today publishes supporting analysis and evidence that accompanies its report on low carbon innovation, which was published on 19 July 2010. Also, published today is a report by the London School of Economics ...
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The UK should invest more in low-carbon innovation, in order to achieve the 2050 climate change target
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) today advised that the UK should protect funding for a suite of low-carbon technologies, which if developed here, will help to reduce emissions by 80% by 2050, whilst also providing the basis for green economic ...
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Committee’s sustainability strategy published in annual report & accounts 2009-2010 - 15 July 2010
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) today published its Annual Report & Accounts for 2009-10. These were formally laid before Parliament this morning, and were given an unqualified opinion by the National Audit Office. Included in the report ...
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We still need a step change to meet carbon budgets
The Committee on Climate Change said today that a step change in the pace of underlying emissions reductions is still required if the UK is to meet its legislated carbon budgets - which require at least a 34% cut in emissions by 2020 relative to ...
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Committee advises government on approach to fossil fuel generation
The Committee has advised Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne, to consider extending the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) competition to include gas as well as coal demonstration projects, and to consider extending the ...
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Scotland’s climate change targets are ambitious but achievable with new policies
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) today advised the Scottish Government that the climate change targets set out in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act are ambitious, but would be achievable following a tightening of the EU framework in response to ...