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Climate Change Committee

@theCCCuk

The UK’s independent adviser on tackling climate change.

UK Katılım Şubat 2009
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Climate Change Committee@theCCCuk·
The UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget level should be set at 535 MtCO2e, an 87% reduction against 1990 levels. This country has a prosperous and secure future ahead. The fossil fuel age is over – it’s time to electrify the United Kingdom. theccc.org.uk/2025/02/26/end…
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Climate Change Committee@theCCCuk·
📉 This year, we advised on the Seventh Carbon Budget which covers 2038 - 2042 and sets a limit of 535 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. ⚡ Electrification makes up 60% of emissions reductions by 2040.
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Climate Change Committee@theCCCuk·
🌍 A carbon budget is a cap on the amount of greenhouse gases the UK can emit over a five-year period. 👏 So far, the UK has met all three carbon budgets. Three more are already set in law, mapping out the UK’s decarbonisation path until 2037.
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Climate Change Committee@theCCCuk·
Chair of the CCC @topnigel and CEO Emma Pinchbeck are kicking off the year by giving evidence about our Seventh Carbon Budget advice to the @CommonsEAC on Wednesday. See how our advice on where emissions reduction should happen has evolved over time and key things to know👇
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Welsh Government Climate Change
Welsh Government Climate Change@WGClimateChange·
The Deputy First Minister @huw4Ogmore welcomed Baroness Brown, the Chair of the @theCCCuk Adaptation Committee, to Cardiff yesterday, to discuss the Committee’s upcoming Well-Adapted UK report and how Wales is preparing for climate change. theccc.org.uk/about/
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Welsh Government Climate Change
Welsh Government Climate Change@WGClimateChange·
The Senedd has agreed to set Wales’s fourth carbon budget (2031-35) at an average reduction of 73%, in line with @theCCCuk advice. It also agreed to achieve the third carbon budget (2026-30) through domestic action, setting the carbon credit limit at 0%. gov.wales/historic-momen…
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Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
4 °C of global warming cannot be ruled out by the end of the century, @theCCCuk has warned. Richard Millar of @theCCCuk says that's a change "on the same scale as the changes between the current climate...& the last ice age."👇 Missed the session?👉ow.ly/ScZv50XtVKU
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BBC Politics
BBC Politics@BBCPolitics·
“I’m concerned with the fracturing of political consensus [around net zero targets]... but it's not game over" Climate Change Committee chair Nigel Topping says he wants to meet with all the party leaders to discuss the issue of net zero #BBCLauraK bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm2z…
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Senedd Research
Senedd Research@SeneddResearch·
The @WelshGovernment has just proposed the level of Carbon Budget 4 (2031-35), accepting @theCCCUK’s advice to aim for a 73% reduction compared to emissions in 1990. Check out our article for more context 📉 ➡️tinyurl.com/p6pp2z8d
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Net Zero Scotland
Net Zero Scotland@ScotGovNetZero·
The @ScotParl has voted to pass proposals to introduce five-year, statutory limits on emissions in Scotland from 2026 to 2045. The Carbon Budgets set clear limits on emissions for the coming decades in line with the independent advice from the @theCCCUK
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Environmental Audit Committee
Our new inquiry will examine the @theCCCuk’s advice on the UK’s next carbon budget. We’ll be looking its modelling, technology choices and costs, as well as how it’ll engage the public and support behaviour change. Share your views 👇
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Climate Change Committee@theCCCuk·
We make recommendations to Government about what needs to be done in the report - starting with a clear adaptation target that we can measure and monitor.
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Climate Change Committee@theCCCuk·
Estimates suggest that unchecked climate change could impact UK economic output by up to 7% of GDP by 2050, creating challenges for driving sustainable long-term growth across the country.
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