CCC

Keeping 1.5C alive: What to expect from a critical autumn for the net zero mission?

Net Zero Now

Keeping 1.5C alive: What to expect from a critical autumn for the net zero mission?

Former climate diplomat Pete Betts, WWF's Tanya Steele, CBI's Tania Kumar, and the CCC's Chris Stark offered their views on a crucial period for global climate action at last week's launch of the Net Zero Festival

clock 13 September 2021 • 10 min read
Chris Stark on the net zero transition: 'There is such a positive story of progress to tell here'

Politics

Chris Stark on the net zero transition: 'There is such a positive story of progress to tell here'

CEO of the UK's Climate Change Committee calls for more debate and scrutiny over how to deliver the UK's net zero transition

clock 02 September 2021 • 7 min read

Policy

'The road to Glasgow must be paved with action': Green economy reacts to CCC's net zero progress report

BusinessGreen rounds up all the reaction to the CCC's climate assessment from green businesses, think tanks, politicians and NGOs

clock 24 June 2021 • 19 min read

Climate change

'We urgently need to prepare': Green figures react to the CCC's climate risk warning

All the top reaction from leading figures across business, politics, academia, think tanks and green groups to the CCC's latest assessment of the UK's preparedness for climate change

clock 16 June 2021 • 11 min read

Policy

'Leading by example': Green economy welcomes stretching target to slash UK emissions 78 per cent by 2035

But big questions remain over how the UK will meet hugely ambitious new targets, after government signalled it will not sign off on all the CCC's policy recommendations

clock 20 April 2021 • 11 min read

Policy

Reports: UK to confirm strengthened carbon budget targets for 2035

Government expected to confirm ambitious new goals for early-2030s ahead of President Biden's high profile Leaders Summit

clock 20 April 2021 • 4 min read

Energy

Capacity Market: Are the UK's £350m of gas power subsidies compatible with net zero goals?

1.4GW of new gas power won £350m of funding in the government's latest Capacity Market auction, held last week, sparking concern among campaigners

clock 16 March 2021 • 6 min read

Aviation

Government urged to factor aviation and shipping into UK climate goals

Coalition of green groups argue UK should set global precedent by including emissions generated by international travel in next carbon budget

clock 25 February 2021 • 4 min read

Politics

Climate Change Committee wades into Cumbrian coal mine row

Letter to Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick warns new mine would raise UK emissions and could find it has no domestic market for its coal from 2035 onwards

clock 29 January 2021 • 3 min read

Editor's Blog

Writing the book on the net zero transition

The CCC's epic new report provides the blueprint for a net zero economy, the rationale for following it, and hints at the high drama that will define the century - it could prove to be a canonical document

clock 09 December 2020 • 9 min read