The UK Parliament has taken the unprecedented step of declaring an “environment and climate emergency” this week at the same time as it was urged by the country’s Committee on Climate Change to adopt a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target for 2050 “as soon as possible.”
Experts from the UK Committee on Climate Change have this week published a report warning that Scotland must step up its policies and strategies on transport, heating, and other sectors if it is to meet Paris Climate Agreement goals.
The UK’s Committee on Climate Change said Thursday that the country should target an emissions reduction of 57% by 2028-2032. With the UN climate negotiations in Paris merely days away, climate and environmental bodies around the world are publishing recommendations for countries and the globe in an attempt to make … [continued]
The UK’s leading renewable energy trade association, RenewableUK, has replied to comments made in the media by Chairman of the Committee on Climate Change, Lord Deben, criticising his assessment of the role onshore wind energy is playing and will play in the effort to reach the country’s 2020 renewable energy targets. In … [continued]
UK’s Lincolnshire county council has set an ambitious target to reduce its energy costs and carbon emissions over the next five years. The council has already achieved a reduction of 9% in its carbon emissions and now plans to cut the emissions further, by 22% by 2018. The council hopes … [continued]
South Gloucestershire is set to expand a program to switch off street lights between midnight and 5 am in order to cut costs on energy bills and reduce carbon emissions. The council has already implemented the program for approximately 6,000 of the total 29,500 street lights and has already saved … [continued]
