Climate Change Act
Africa’s most populous country has made the move following its pledge to achieve net zero by 2060 at COP26
It has become the first major economy in the world to do so
The draft order would amend the 2050 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target in the Climate Change Act from at least 80% to 100%
The chief executive of the Energy Institute talks about the success story of the Climate Change Act and what more needs to be done
The UK Independent Party (UKIP) has vowed to withdraw from the Paris agreement and repeal the Climate Change Act if it wins the general election. It believes the Act, which it claims will cost the UK around £319 million, “has no basis in science” and its aim of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by […]
Finland has reportedly adopted the nation’s first Climate Change Act, with a legally binding target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050. The new law extends the country’s existing emissions target for 2020 and includes a long-term plan showing how it aims to decarbonise its economy. Finland’s Environment Minister is reported […]
The UK Government should include aviation and shipping in the Climate Change Act as it is a “no-brainer”. That’s the view of environmental group WWF, commenting after the Energy and Climate Change Committee warned the Government that the exclusion would not help avoid global temperature rises of 2°C. The Committee said this could “water down” […]
UK MPs have warned the Government that excluding aviation and shipping from the Climate Change Act would “water down” the country’s 2050 target. The Energy and Climate Change Committee has written to the Economic Secretary to the Treasury Sajid Javid, the Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin and the Energy and Climate Change Minister […]
The UK Government has been warned it will breach the Climate Change Act if it goes ahead with plans for more investment in gas. The concern from the Climate Change Committee (CCC) follows Chancellor George Osborne’s declaration earlier this year that gas will be the UK’s number one energy source while last week he gave […]