60% cut in CO2 by 2030, recommend Committee for Climate Change

Date	Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Topic	Governance [6] Transport [7] Housing [8] Planning, Land & Flood Defence [9] Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Climate Change [10] Energy, Waste & Natural Resources [11] Sustainable Development [12] Environment [13] Governance & Civic Participation [14] Infrastructure [15] Quality of Life [16]

The Committee for Climate Change has recommended that UK emissions are cut by 60% (on 1990 levels) in their advice to Government for the Fourth Carbon Budget period (2023-7).

This reduction can be delivered through:

Radical reform and decarbonisation of the electricity market
Widespread development and deployment of low carbon vehicles
National transformation of homes and non-residential buildings
Halving of emissions from industry by 2030
More carbon-efficient farming practices

The key documents can be downloaded from the CCC website by following the links below:

Interactive PDF of full report [2] (18 MB pdf) This is a new fully interactive version of the report. It opens as a full screen and looks like a book, you can turn the pages, click on the buttons to jump between chapters, go to a list of figures or tables and be one click away from locating the information within the main document.
Full report [3] (5 MB pdf)
Executive summary [4] (1.2MB pdf)
Key findings [5] (1 MB pdf)

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Links:
[1] http://www.yourclimate.org/system/files/news_images/4th-budget-cover-thumbnail.jpg
[2] http://downloads.theccc.org.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/4th%20Budget/CCC_4th-Budget_interactive_2.pdf
[3] http://downloads.theccc.org.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/4th%20Budget/CCC-4th-Budget-Book_with-hypers.pdf
[4] http://downloads.theccc.org.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/4th%20Budget/4th-Budget_Exec%20Summary.pdf
[5] http://downloads.theccc.org.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/4th%20Budget/Key%20Facts%20Book%201.pdf
[6] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/governance-civic-participation/governance
[7] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/infrastructure/transport
[8] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/infrastructure/housing
[9] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/infrastructure/planning-land-flood-defence
[10] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/environment/greenhouse-gas-emissions-climate-change
[11] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/environment/energy-waste-natural-resources
[12] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/environment/sustainable-development
[13] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/environment
[14] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/governance-civic-participation
[15] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/infrastructure
[16] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/quality-life