This report presents the summary and recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change’s 2017 Report to Parliament and the Adaptation Sub-Committee’s 2017 Report to Parliament.
It finds that:
- Two new plans covering emissions reductions and actions to prepare for climate change are needed to meet the UK’s climate change objectives
- The plans to be developed by the new Government will be drawn up against a backdrop of changes that could help to deliver better policy. However, some of these changes also present risks to the delivery of those climate change plans
- Climate policy is increasingly connected to wider issues, leading to new opportunities to create multiple benefits from action to address climate change
A recent report from the Climate Change Committee highlights important steps to fund and improve river and coastal flood defences and to improve the resilience of energy, transport and water infrastructure to severe weather. The report places particular emphasis on the work that must be undertaken to improve surface water management and the delivery of SuDS in England
Green Alliance Blog Top five messages from the Committee on Climate Change’s latest report
Green Alliance Blog Posted on 14 July, 2017 by Chaitanya Kumar
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has warned in its latest annual progress report that the UK is significantly behind its 2030 targets to reduce carbon emissions and, without additional policy and new strategies, we will fail to meet our legally binding commitments. Here are five highlights worth drawing out from the report:
- Progress has been far too slow
The good news is that we have reduced carbon emissions by 42 per cent from 1990 levels, while GDP has grown by 60 per cent. The bad news is that recent progress over the past five years has been slow as the UK has depended almost entirely on the power and waste sectors to cut its greenhouse gas emissions. Seventy five per cent of emissions reductions since 2012 have come from burning less coal leading, this year, to the UK’s first coal free day since the Industrial Revolution, but the promised coal phase-out by 2025 will only contribute a further ten per cent towards meeting the 2030 target. Significant reductions from other sectors are still necessary. To read more of this Green Alliance blog click here
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