UoS-ECS-Rai/sustainability-policymaking huggingface dataset:
In total, more than 8 billion euros will be invested to really achieve these first three objectives of decarbonizing our industry and financing a new electricity mix and innovation in electricity production. Taking back control and producing better, as I mentioned, also means responding industrially to the challenges of our modes of transport. This is why the fourth objective for me is to be able to produce in France, by 2030, nearly 2 million electric and hybrid vehicles. So, this objective, what does it mean? It means that we see it and imagine it correctly. It&#39;s always the same guideline. We want to keep producing. We believe in the industry and we know that we must continue to reduce our emissions. This is what we have been doing for several years. To do this, we must continue to convert what we call our vehicle fleet, and therefore succeed in ensuring that old polluting vehicles are replaced by new vehicles, electric or hybrid, or even latest-generation vehicles that pollute a lot. less. But, here too, we must support this strategy, which must be supplemented by a public transport strategy, new forms of travel and an industrial strategy. What we, the big automotive nations, don&#39;t want is to become the nation that will drive the greenest with cars that are no longer produced here, it makes no sense to do that. Let&#39;s be clear about ourselves, the last thirty years have been cruel for the French automobile industry. This is the result of errors in industrial policy. It is the result of non-cooperative strategies between industry players themselves. They have a huge responsibility in this situation. It is also the fruit of a choice which was for a long time the French choice, of an industrial under-competitiveness. That&#39;s simple: when we decide that we make everything pay for the labor factor, that we don&#39;t remunerate capital well, we under-invest. When the actors decide not to cooperate, they themselves relocate; and you have roughly the result of the French automobile industry which has destroyed a lot of jobs in the last decades. I trust all the actors, I will see them again in a few weeks to really remobilize things, since we are making major investments, but change is also a change of culture. We must reinvest
To increase the number of zero emission vehicles on the road and bring forward the phaseout date for the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040, the government changed the transport taxes in its Budget 2020. From April 2021, the government will apply a nil rate of tax to zero-emission commercial vans within van benefit charge. This measure will save businesses an estimated £433 per van in tax in 2021-22.
Policies and measures in the WM projection It is estimated that the emission reduction achieved by these additional measures will be 0.3 million tonnes CO₂ eq. in 2030. Policies and measures in the WAM projection
Document
Polish Nuclear Energy Programme, adopted by
the Council of Ministers on 28 January 2014
National Action Plan for Energy from Renewable
Sources adopted by the Council of Ministers on 7
December 2010
Fourth National Energy Efficiency Action Plan for
Poland, adopted by the Council of Ministers on
23 January 2018
Description
The Programme diversifies the Polish energy mix by using
nuclear energy. Among others, it sets out the timetable for
the construction of a nuclear power plant in Poland and
the preparation of the regulatory and management
structure for the purposes of this investment project.. The document defines the roles and responsibilities
of institutions for the implementation of the Programme
and the issues related to ensuring nuclear safety and
radiological protection. The Programme also contains an
economic justification for the implementation of nuclear
energy in Poland and addresses the possibilities of its
financing and the methods for handling spent nuclear fuel
and radioactive waste. "Clean Air" Priority Programme launched in
September 2018
The document sets out the measures to promote the use
of RES, including those designed to enable Poland to
achieve its 2020 RES target of a 15% share of RES in
the final gross energy consumption. It contains projections
of the achievement of this target in a sustainable manner,
taking many factors into account, including such ones as
the resources of RES and raw materials for fuel production,
as well as the legal status of the power grid. It assumes that
the pillars for enhancing the use of RES will include
a greater use of biomass and wind-based electricity. The document lays down the measures to improve energy
efficiency in final energy consumption broken down into
end-use sectors and the calculations of final energy savings
achieved in the period from 2008 to 2015 and planned to
be achieved in 2020. National Plan to Increase the Number of Low-
The Plan defines low-energy buildings, their specific
Energy Buildings, adopted by the Council characteristics and the measures to be taken by
of Ministers on 16 July 2015
the government administration to promote low-energy
buildings, also in the scope of their design, construction
and reconstruction in a way which ensures energy
efficiency, and to increase the share of renewable energy in
new and existing buildings. It is a comprehensive programme with the aim of reducing
or avoiding the
Information U.K. 22 (1) The regulations may require such information as may be specified in or determined in accordance with the regulations to be provided to- U.K. (a) the administrator of a trading scheme, (b) a national authority, or (c) participants or potential participants in the scheme, for purposes connected with the scheme. (2) The regulations may confer power on the administrator of a trading scheme to require information to be provided to any of those persons for those purposes. (3) The regulations must provide for a requirement by the administrator to provide information to be notified in writing to the person to whom it is made. (4) If the regulations confer functions on the administrator for the purposes of this paragraph, they may provide for the administrator to delegate the performance of any of those functions. (5) The regulations may provide for information held by or on behalf of the administrator of a trading scheme in connection with the administrator's functions to be disclosed to- (a) any other administrator of the scheme, (b) the administrator of another trading scheme, or (c) a national authority.
Specifically, the Directive establishes the objective of achieving a minimum share of 20% of energy from renewable sources in the gross final consumption of energy in the European Union, and a minimum share of 10% of energy from renewable sources in energy consumption. in the transport sector in each Member State by the year 2020.
Minister of State for Energy, Clean Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Committee In December 2021 the Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy commissioned the Energy Emergencies Executive Committee Storm Arwen Review, due to unacceptable levels of power disruption following Storm Arwen. I am writing to inform you that the Final Report has now been completed and published on gov.uk. This is available electricity-distribution-disruption-review. The Interim Report was published in The review has been a joint endeavour between government, industry and the regulator (Ofgem), which was commissioned to identify lessons to be learned and actions to take forward. The actions recommended by t his review address concerns under the three pillars of system resilience, consumer protection and additional support, and will drive improvements to Great Britain’s electricity network resilience The majority of actions outlined i n the Final Report address improvements to be made across all electricity Distribution Network Operators, regardless of whether they were impacted during this particular storm. Lessons from subsequent storms that hit the UK in February 2022 have also been included and reflected as part of this final report. While improvements will be made, no electricity system can be totally The Energy Emergencies Executi ve Committee, alongside my Department and in collaboration with other partners as appropriate, will be responsible for the delivery and implementation of the actions recommended in the report. Please do not hesitate to contact me if the Committee would lik e more information Minister of State for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change
The scenario "with additional measures" projects a 27% share of energy from renewable energy sources in gross final consumption and a 10% share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption in the transport sector by 2020, as well as implementation of energy efficiency measures that will lead to 9% of reduction in the final consumption compared to the previous scenario. This scenario includes implementation of measures aimed at reducing final energy consumption in construction, commercial sector and services, industry and transportation (the First Serbian Energy Efficiency Action Plan for 2010-2012 (2010) and Draft Energy Development Strategy by 2025 with projections until 2030). Consequently, a relative reduction in energy consumption (reduction per unit of GDP) in manufacture and services will be accomplished. All activities and documents promote energy efficiency as "new energy resources".
Minister of State for Energy, Clean Growth Department for Business, Energy & pubaccom@parliament.gov.uk Chair, Public Accounts Committee Energy Supply Company Special Administration Regime – Bulb Energy Limited I and the Secretary of State have written several times about the special administration of Bulb Energy, including most recently on the 28th June, regarding issuing letters of credit. In order to protect Bulb’s customers, and to limit wider industry contagion, the Secretary of State agreed to initiate the Energy Supply Company Special Administration Regime (SAR) in respect of Bulb. This is a temporary situation and Government is working with the Energy Administrators to ensure value for money for consumers and taxpayers, and a swift exit As you know, Government financial support has been agreed with the company and Energy Administrators. This takes the form of a working capital loan which includes Contingent Liabilities in the form of letters of credit to reduce upfront cash requirements, and a guarantee facility in respect of borrowings incurred by the company during the SAR. This is for the sole purpose of securing the statutory objective of Energy Supply Company SAR, which is the continuation of energy supplies to Bulb’s customers at the lowest reasonable, practicable cost until such time as the SAR becomes unnecessary. Appropriate governance arrangements are in place to ensure value for money and that any financial support provided is the minimum necessary for the Energy Administrators to discharge their Attached at Annex A to this letter are details of an amendment to a letter of credit. Parliament will be informed via a Written Ministerial Statement and Departmental Minutes for the Contingent Liabilities when the house returns. I am writing in equivalent terms to Darren Jones as Chair of the BEIS Committee and Mel Stride as Chair of the Treasury Committee. A copy of this letter goes to Gareth Davies, Comptroller and Auditor General and to the Treasury Officer of Accounts. Minister of State for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change
The PESETA II project divided the EU into five major regions and for southern Europe (Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece and Bulgaria) it refers to potential GDP losses of between 1.8% and 3% (respectively for a temperature scenario global average of 2°C and for a reference scenario where it can reach 3.5°C, without resorting to mitigation measures). These economic losses are mainly due to the impacts of climate change related to agriculture, energy, floods and floods, forest fires, human health, droughts and coastal areas (Ciscar et al. 2014). According to that study, the main sectoral impacts projected for southern Europe (2071-2100) are: a) Agriculture: decrease in overall crop income of around 10% in the EU, mainly due to a 20% drop in southern Europe (for the baseline scenario) and little effect on farm incomes at EU level in the scenario 2°C;
Luxembourg's 7th National Communication Set up by Directive 2003/87/EC,130 the system is now in its 3rd phase covering the period 20132020. For this latest phase, major reform took effect (Directive 2009/29/EC131). The biggest changes have been the introduction of an EU-wide cap on emissions - reduced by 1.74% each year so that in 2020, GHG emissions from the EU ETS sector will be 21% lower than in 2005 - and a progressive shift towards auctioning of allowances in place of cost-free allocation that was the rule for the two previous phases. Concretely, a cap is set on the total amount of certain GHG that can be emitted by installations covered by the system. The cap is reduced over time so that total emissions fall. Within the cap, companies receive or buy emission allowances that they can trade with one another as needed. They can also buy limited amounts of international credits from emission-saving projects around the world. The limit on the total number of allowances available ensures that they have a value. After each year a company must surrender enough allowances to cover all its emissions, otherwise heavy fines are imposed. If a company reduces its emissions, it can keep the spare allowances to cover its future needs or else sell them to another company that is short of allowances, 132 Renewable energy
The Medium-term Climate Change Policy Plan sets a target for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 39 per cent in the effort sharing sector by 2030 compared to the 2005 level and determines the measures for achieving the target. The target is based on the European Union's (EU) 2030 target of reducing emissions by at least 40 per cent compared with 1990 levels and is in line with the Finland's long-term climate goal. As the existing measures are not sufficient to achieve the 2030 target, additional measures are identified in the plan. The greatest emission reduction potential is identified in the transport sector. In addition, the plan includes measures to reduce emissions in the agriculture, waste and machinery sectors as well as emissions from building-specific heating and F-gas emissions.
Minister for Climate Change and Corporate Responsibility Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy EM 15051/19: Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the The European Green Deal Thank you for your letter dated 7 October 2020 on the European Green Deal Communication, which was considered by our Environment Sub-Committee on 4 November We recognise that some of these issues are within other Government departments’ remits and would be grateful if your officials would share this letter appropriately. Thank you for your commitment to continue working with international partners, including the EU, to drive up standards and climate action to deliver on the Paris Agreement. We are also grateful for your responses regarding engagement with the devolved administrations, the carbon border adjustment mechanism, the absence of economic viability in the Government’s target for packaging to be reusable, recyclable or compostable, the National Action Plan for the Sustainable use of Pesticides, and new genomic techniques. In our last two letters we asked how the Government’s commitment to match or exceed the ambition of the EU’s Ecodesign standards would apply to the EU’s standards as they evolve in future. Thank you for clar ifying the guiding principles – cost-effective environmental benefits and working for UK businesses – that will be used to determine when to exceed the EU’s Ecodesign standards on a product by product basis. We hope that BEIS and Defra will take proactive steps to support the development of the Office for National Statistics National Materials Datahub project. In our last letter we asked why the Government is disregarding the interim targets in the Waste Framework Directive. Your response emphasises the role of other policy actions over interim targets. We note that interim targets and other policy actions could positively

The European Green Deal is major package of policies which we believe the Government should monitor closely, given their potential implications for the United Kingdom . We will continue to follow developments, and urge you to do the same. We are now content to close this correspondence. I am copying this letter to Sir William Cash, the Chair of the Commons European Scrutiny Committee; Jessica Mulley, Clerk to the Commons Committee; Les Saunders, Cabinet Office; and the BEIS Parliamentary Scrutiny Team. Chair of the European Union Committee
26 U.K. A requirement under this Act for the Committee to publish anything does not oblige it to publish- (a) information it could refuse to disclose in response to a request under- (i) the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36), or (ii) the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3391) or any regulations replacing those regulations; (b) information whose disclosure is prohibited by any enactment.
regulations in the short to medium term is fundamental in reducing carbon emissions. EU legislation sets mandatory emission reduction targets for new cars and vans sold in Europe. A 164g CO₂/km. The regulation has driven car manufacturers to develop innovative energy efficient
The Government Programme of Prime Minister Sipil sets ambitious targets in the energy sector. It aims for increasing the share of renewable energy to over 50 per cent of final consumption, increasing self-sufficiency to over 55 per cent, phasing out the use of coal in energy production, halving the domestic use of imported oil, and bringing the share of renewable transport fuels up to 40 per cent (23.5 per cent of the fuel energy content). An effort will be made to achieve all this by 2030.
Interpretation U.K. 55 Interpretation of Part 3 U.K. In this Part- " administrator ", in relation to a trading scheme, means a person appointed as the administrator of the scheme by regulations under paragraph 21 of Schedule 2; " participant ", in relation to a trading scheme, means a person to whom the scheme applies by virtue of regulations under paragraph 4 or 15 of Schedule 2; " trading period ", in relation to a trading scheme, means a period by reference to which the scheme is to operate by virtue of regulations under paragraph 2 or 13 of Schedule 2.
This Order amends the High Hedges (Application Fee) (Jersey) Order, the Planning and Building (Fees) (Jersey) Order 2008, the Waste Management (Fees) (Jersey) Order 2008 and the Plant Health (Field Inspections – Fees) (Jersey) Order 2014. The Planning and Building (Fees) (Jersey) Order 2008 are amended by substituting for the table in Schedule 1 a new table. The table sets out fees for proposed development including agricultural and horticultural buildings and appeals against refusal to grant a planning permission.
The wide-spread application of available clean and innovative waste management technologies (e.g. digitalization, membrane technology, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, plasma technology and modern material technology) as well as establishing and operating environmental management systems is a significant progress. These solutions can expand and make waste management options more efficient in the case of waste recovery, disposal and prevention. Agriculture and forestry must also play a serious role in tackling climate challenges. There are available innovative wastewater treatment solutions for recycling nutrients into the natural cycle as well as for the disposal of sewage sludge on agricultural lands and energy utilization. Exploiting and further improving these technologies are of key importance.
a) effective value - the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions for some or all stages of a specific biofuel production process, calculated in accordance with the methodology established in part C of the annex; b) typical value - an estimate of the representative reduction of greenhouse gas emissions for a certain biofuel production chain; c) default value - a value derived from a typical value by applying predetermined factors and which can, under certain conditions specified by this decision, be used instead of an actual value; d) fuel suppliers - economic operators, respectively warehouses, registered recipients, importers, who introduce fuels subject to the payment of excise duties on the market in Romania. Art. 3. - (1) To achieve the objective provided for in art. 5 para. (5) of the Law, fuel suppliers introduce on the market only gasoline and diesel fuel with a biofuel content as follows: a) from the date of entry into force of this decision, diesel fuel with a biofuel content of at least 5% by volume; b) Repealed by point 1. of Decision no. 1308/2012 starting from 28.12.2012. c) from January 1, 2016, diesel with a biofuel content of at least 7% by volume; Letter c) was modified by point 2. of Decision no. 1308/2012 starting from 28.12.2012.
gas emissions from international shipping. At MEPC 70 in 2016 IMO, the member states also approved the Roadmap for Developing a Comprehensive IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG emissions from Ships. In April 2018, MEPC 72 adopted the Initial IMO Strategy on reduction of GHG emissions from ships. The Initial Strategy envisages a reduction in total greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping and identifies three levels of ambition as follows: Firstly, carbon intensity of ships to decline through implementation of further phases of EEDI for new ships. Secondly, carbon intensity of international shipping to decline with reductions in CO emissions per transport work, as an average across international shipping, by at least 40 per cent by 2030, pursuing efforts towards 70 per cent by 2050, compared to 2008. Thirdly, to peak greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping as soon as possible and to reduce the total annual greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 per cent by 2050 compared to 2008. According to the Roadmap, by 2023 IMO member states should come to an agreement on a final strategy on short, medium, and longterm measures, taking into account the results from the IMO Data Collection System.
Using the MacKay Carbon Calculator, you can create pathways to find out how we might reduce the UKs greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 and beyond. You choose your levels of ambition for decarbonising different parts of the energy system, and the calculator then shows how your choices affect UK emissions expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent CO2e. Its purpose is to help everyone engage in the debate. It also allows government to explore how its plans support the path to net zero. The calculator is named in honour of the late Sir David MacKay who was the driving force behind the first UK 2050 calculator
Tribute to Sir David MacKay PDF, 85 KB, 2 pages
The MacKay Carbon Calculator
There are 2 online versions of the calculator, a universal version called My2050 and the more detailed MacKay Carbon Calculator version. Both versions contain levers of decarbonisation
Select your level of ambition of decarbonisation effort using the levers, ranging from Level 1 - minimal effort, to Level 4 - maximum effort. Popup descriptions explain what the levels represent in terms of behavioural change or infrastructure investment. MacKay carbon calculator user guide PDF, 461 KB, 9 pages
The calculator results are based on scientific data. This Excel spreadsheet provides more information about the model used by the online versions of the calculator
MacKay carbon calculator Excel version 13.4 MB
The levels of ambition
The levels of ambition are based on views expressed by over 100 expert stakeholders, including academics, non-government organisations, industry bodies, operators and consultants.