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CCC: How the Chancellor can put energy efficiency at heart of subsidy 'exit strategy'

Efficiency

CCC: How the Chancellor can put energy efficiency at heart of subsidy 'exit strategy'

Climate Change Committee writes to the Treasury to explain how 'many small changes can make a meaningful contribution to reducing energy demand'

clock 09 November 2022 • 8 min read

Climate change

'This is not a scary transition': Six key takeaways from the CCC's net zero progress report

In what is a crucial year for climate action in 2021, there CCC has today given the government much food - but little time - for thought - here are its top takeaways

clock 24 June 2021 • 15 min read

Net Zero Now

'Go for it': Climate advisors urge government to deliver green recovery blitz

Covid-19 stimulus plan must prioritise green building upgrades, tree planting, fossil fuel taxes, and skills training, advises Committee on Climate Change

clock 24 June 2020 • 7 min read

Policy

The government must deliver clear sighted energy efficiency policy - nothing else will do

The government must deliver on its promises to tackle the UK's woefully inefficient housing stock, argues Andrew Warren

clock 05 March 2020 • 5 min read

Net Zero Now

'We must get our own house in order': CCC urges immediate net zero action from government

UK's climate advisors set key priorities for Boris Johnson's government in 2020 and beyond, urging him to 'seize opportunity' of landslide election win

clock 18 December 2019 • 4 min read

Policy

Net Zero: CCC sets out six urgent priorities for the next PM

CCC chair Lord Deben offers advice on the first things a new Prime Minister should do to plug the UK's widening emissions gap

clock 10 July 2019 • 11 min read

Policy

'Like Dad's Army': CCC slams UK's 'ramshackle' climate change preparations

UK failing to prepare for impacts of climate change while plans for cutting emissions remain lacking, Committee on Climate Change warns

clock 09 July 2019 • 8 min read

BusinessGreen

Awards and dialogue: 'This is the most special day'

As green figures drank a toast to the UK's net zero target during this week's BusinessGreen Leaders' Awards, hopes are growing that a new era is underway

clock 28 June 2019 • 8 min read

Legislation

'We won't make it worse': UK becomes first major economy to pass historic net zero law

World-leading target to fully decarbonise the economy by 2050 is now on the UK statute book

clock 27 June 2019 • 6 min read

Policy

'Policies failed': CCC issues quietly damning assessment of UK climate policy progress

In advising the government not to carry forward surplus carbon emissions into the UK's next budget period, the CCC has warned the government's decarbonisation policies are behind schedule

clock 20 February 2019 • 10 min read