Climate Change Committee

New CCC chair: Net zero can make UK economy 'more successful'

Policy

New CCC chair: Net zero can make UK economy 'more successful'

Nigel Topping officially takes up role as new permanent chair of the Climate Change Committee, after appointment confirmed by government

clock 23 July 2025 • 3 min read
'The North Sea is running out of gas': New study warns basin is unable to meet UK heating demand from 2027

Energy

'The North Sea is running out of gas': New study warns basin is unable to meet UK heating demand from 2027

New analysis by the End Fuel Poverty Coalition warns UK must urgently switch to renewable heating sources to avoid relying on imported gas and volatile international fossil fuel markets

clock 23 July 2025 • 4 min read
Nigel Topping confirmed as preferred candidate to chair Climate Change Committee

Climate change

Nigel Topping confirmed as preferred candidate to chair Climate Change Committee

Former UN climate change high-level champion for COP26 and CCC business champion named as likely next chair for UK's climate advisory body

clock 04 July 2025 • 2 min read
A new UK Industrial Strategy, climate transition plans, and the CCC's net zero progress report

Energy

A new UK Industrial Strategy, climate transition plans, and the CCC's net zero progress report

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: July 2025

clock 04 July 2025 • 2 min read
NAO warns 'uncertainties' could undermine future effectiveness of UK ETS

Carbon Trading

NAO warns 'uncertainties' could undermine future effectiveness of UK ETS

Greater policy and price certainty needed to ensure effectiveness of UK’s Emissions Trading Scheme (NAO)

clock 30 June 2025 • 3 min read
Why the CCC wants the government to ensure consumers 'see the benefits of climate action in their bills'

Policy

Why the CCC wants the government to ensure consumers 'see the benefits of climate action in their bills'

Climate Change Committee calls on government to go further and faster with policy efforts to make electricity cheaper for homes and businesses in the UK

clock 25 June 2025 • 12 min read
'It will not ask the impossible of people': Scottish government proposes new climate targets

Policy

'It will not ask the impossible of people': Scottish government proposes new climate targets

Holyrood announces statutory limits on emissions from 2026 to 2045 in line with Climate Change Committee recommendations

clock 20 June 2025 • 4 min read
'Wildly overestimated': Public thinks net zero set to cost 140 times more than CCC forecasts

Politics

'Wildly overestimated': Public thinks net zero set to cost 140 times more than CCC forecasts

Comms strategy and language tweaks can bolster enduring net zero support in response to rising cost concerns, polling suggests

clock 16 June 2025 • 5 min read
CCC warns changes to ZEV Mandate 'underestimate' emissions from plug-in hybrid cars

Automotive

CCC warns changes to ZEV Mandate 'underestimate' emissions from plug-in hybrid cars

UK climate advisory body views government's recent tweaks to mandated EV targets changes as 'pragmatic' but also warns they risk encouraging more sales of higher-emission hybrid cars

clock 29 May 2025 • 5 min read
Scotland's First Carbon Budget: CCC proposes 57 per cent emissions cut by 2030

Climate change

Scotland's First Carbon Budget: CCC proposes 57 per cent emissions cut by 2030

Climate advisors urge Scottish Government to use devolved powers to accelerate efforts to cut emissions from buildings, surface transport, agriculture, and land use

clock 21 May 2025 • 6 min read