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… the Committee on Climate Change, is an independent non-departmental public body, formed under the Climate Change Act to advise the United Kingdom and devolved Governments and Parliaments on tackling and preparing for climate change. In December 2020 the CCC produced a report Local Authorities and the Sixth Carbon Budget which considered the role of local authorities in the achievement of the UK’s…

… 2019 the UK government amended the Climate Change Act and set a legally binding target to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions from across the UK economy by 2050 with five yearly carbon budgets to set actions and review progress. The achievement of this target will bring to an end the UK’s contribution to climate change. There is also a requirement under the Climate Change Act…

… to produce a 5 yearly national climate change adaptation programme. In April 2021, responding to growing evidence of the impact of climate change, the UK government upped its ambitions further by committing to set into law a more ambitious UK climate change target. Its policy now is to reduce UK emissions by 78% by 2035, compared to 1990 levels. The Climate Change Committee, originally named…

… Net Zero target. The latest Climate Change Committee progress report to parliament which was published on the 24th June 2021 – this report stressed the urgency of the task of addressing climate change. 7 KEY MESSAGES KEY MESSAGES • The UK Government and local authorities share a common goal to deliver Net Zero. • The Sixth Carbon Budget can only be achieved if Government, regional…

…, the Climate Change Plan (both Part 1 & Part 2) will be ‘dynamic’: that is, they will be added to and amended as more data is acquired; as we build on the initial options assessment work; and as new opportunities arise from the Government’s own policy response and from new technologies. Throughout, this report refers to carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, or greenhouse gas emissions…