UoS-ECS-Rai/sustainability-policymaking huggingface dataset:
Some of these saving measures concern long-term energy saving policies, such as energy taxes and covenants with the business community. The Netherlands is also stepping up policy measures arising from the Energy Agreement for Sustainable Growth (Social Economic Council (SER), 2013), which brings together the activities of more than 40 organisations, including central, regional and local governments, employers&#39; and employees&#39; organisations, nature and environmental organisations, other civil society organizations and financial institutions. The national government is responsible for the elaboration, implementation, execution and evaluation of the policy measures specified in the agreement and will be accountable for this to parliament. The Energy Agreement aims to achieve an average annual saving of 1.5 percent on final energy consumption. In addition, in this context, the Parties agree on a package of measures, which is expected to enable approximately 100 PJ of additional final energy savings to be achieved in 2020 compared to a reference scenario without an Energy Agreement (Daniels et al. 2013, p. 19). The monitoring and assurance of the results of the Energy Agreement is carried out by a permanent committee within the SER in which all parties, including the government, participate. In 2016 it was decided to intensify the agreements in the Energy Agreement in order to guarantee the national target of 100 PJ additional final energy savings. Some of these intensification measures have already been implemented. These measures are also included in Annex I.
has. by 50%, if the activity level of the attribution element is reduced by at least 50% and by less than 75%; b. 75%, if the activity level of the attribution element is reduced by at least 75% and by less than 90%; vs. by 100%, if the activity level of the attribution element is reduced by at least 90%. SL Increase in the quantity of emission rights allocated free of charge ¹ The quantity of emission rights allocated each year free of charge to a company covered by the ETS is increased when a physical modification of a fixed installation or the construction of a new fixed installation leads to an increase of at least less than 10% of the installed capacity of an allocation element.
More than GBP 60 million in public and private funding will be invested in floating offshore wind projects to develop new technologies that will allow turbines to be placed in the most windy areas along the UK's coastline. More than GBP 31 million is funded by the government and more than GBP 30 million is funded by industry. The cash boost will further research and development in floating offshore wind with projects across the United Kingdom. The research will focus on areas such as how turbines are moored to the seabed, undersea cabling, and developing foundation solutions.
The government envisions an energy sector that prioritises consumers, ensuring they benefit as Great Britain transitions into a clean energy superpower. This approach aims to address economic inequality while tackling the climate crisis, focusing on consumer protection and empowerment within the shift to clean energy. This consultation document seeks views on the regulation of Third-Party Intermediaries TPIs within the retail energy market, aiming to enhance consumer protection and support the transition to a cleaner energy system. This consultation occurs within the broader context of the governments ongoing commitment to support Ofgems efforts to create a well-functioning market for non-domestic customers. This includes collaboration to implement recommendations from Ofgems non-domestic policy consultation from July 2023 swiftly and effectively. Currently, there are concerns about the performance of some TPIs, which often act as intermediaries between consumers and energy suppliers. Issues such as non-transparent practices and mis-selling have been highlighted, particularly within the non-domestic market. This consultation outlines proposals to regulate TPIs, enhance consumer protection, improve market transparency, and ensure that TPIs contribute positively to the energy sectors evolution towards cleaner energy. It also considers the establishment of a general authorisation regime for TPIs as the preferred regulatory approach. The consultation is open to all interested parties, with a particular focus on stakeholders within the energy sector, including TPIs, energy suppliers, consumer protection groups, and businesses relying on TPIs for energy procurement and management. Read our consultation privacy notice.
2.1.1.1.4 Recycled carbonaceous fuels and biofuels By 2030, at least 30% of new light commercial vehicles and vans purchased will be zero-emission vehicles. The others will be mostly low-emissions or low-carbon intensity. We promote emission-free distribution so that by 2025 only zero-emission vehicles will be circulating in city centers for deliveries
23 E+W+N.I. A relevant national authority may not make any provision conferring power on an administrator to impose a civil sanction in relation to a breach of regulations under this unless the authority is satisfied that the administrator will act in accordance with the principles that- (a) regulatory activities should be carried out in a way that is transparent, accountable, proportionate and consistent; (b) regulatory activities should be targeted only at cases in which action is needed.
3.18.5.1 Increasing transparency of progress 3.18.5 Demonstrating progress towards net zero government to choose how they intervene in their sectors, to allow more agile, smarter regulation. The Government would like to see a consistent approach taken across the various regulated sectors and will set out more thinking on this in due course.
I. - The fight against climate change is a top priority. In this perspective, the commitment made by France to divide its greenhouse gas emissions by four between 1990 and 2050 is confirmed by reducing by 3% per year, on average, greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere, in order to reduce its annual greenhouse gas emissions by this deadline to a level below 140 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
3 &gt; Soil Conservation and Land Law will be implemented effectively and sub-legislation envisaged for this will be prepared; Legal regulations enacted for the protection and development of meadows and pastures will be implemented and monitored effectively. &gt; 2.3 million hectares of land will be afforested and rehabilitated between 2008-2012 within the scope of the National Afforestation Campaign. In this way, in addition to the carbon captured by our existing sink areas, a total of 181.4 million tons of carbon will be captured by our forest areas in 12 years until 2020. Especially in arid and semi-arid regions, drought-resistant tree species will be determined and afforestation will be carried out in these species; Planting will be done in areas where afforestation is difficult and costly.
Key measures for the green transition The plan supports the green transition through investments of over €1 billion in the energy-efficient renovation of buildings, including social housing. Furthermore, €1.3 billion will be invested in sustainable mobility, notably by improving railway infrastructure, financing green public buses, deploying electric charging stations, developing urban public transport and creating or refurbishing cycling pathways. In addition, an important reform promotes electric road transport by limiting preferential tax treatment of company cars to zero-emission vehicles by 2026. The plan supports the decarbonisation of the energy sector by promoting the use of hydrogen as an energy source, with an investment of €540 million and an accompanying reform that should contribute to making it happen. On biodiversity and climate change adaptation €400 million will be invested for reconnecting ecosystems, enhancing protected natural areas, forests and wetlands and for structural measures to sustainably manage water availability thereby increasing climate change resilience. Example project: Electric charging stations
Limiting and controlling the contamination and other degradation of soil and rocks caused by human activities Reducing greenhouse gas emissions within the EU ETS by 21% and limiting the increase in emissions outside the EU ETS to 9% by 2020 compared with the 2005 level Implementing the national emission ceilings for sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), ammonia (NH) and fine suspended particles (P2.5) Securing 13% share of energy from renewable sources in the gross final energy consumption by the year 2020 Ensuring a 10% share of energy from renewable sources in transport by the year 2020, while reducing emissions of NOx, VOC and PM5 from transportation Implementing the commitment to increase energy efficiency by 2020 Maintaining and strengthening the non-productive functions of the agricultural landscape and forests Halting the decline of native species and natural habitats Limiting the negative impact of invasive species and taking effective measures to regulate them Strengthening the regeneration of brownfields with a positive impact on the quality of the environment in settlements Improving the management of rainwater in settlements Preventing the sources of anthropogenic risk Remediation of contaminated sites, including old environmental burdens, and repair of onui ironments m
23 (1) The regulations may provide for the creation and maintenance of a register or registers of information relating to a trading scheme and, in particular, for the register or registers to keep track of any of the following- U.K. (a) the participants in a trading scheme; (b) any limits on or obligations applying to the participants' activities under the scheme; (c) any allocation of allowances among the participants; (d) the allowances, credits, certificates or other units held by the participants or others; (e) trading in allowances, credits, certificates or other units; (f) the use by the participants or others of allowances, credits, certificates or other units for the purposes of the scheme; (g) the cancellation of allowances, credits, certificates or other units; (h) permits held by the participants, and any conditions attached to those permits. (2) The regulations may, in particular, provide for the establishment and maintenance of accounts in which allowances, credits, certificates or other units may be held by the participants, the administrator or others and between which they may be transferred. (3) The regulations may provide for the same register to operate in relation to more than one trading scheme. (4) The regulations may make provision for the disclosure of information held in or derived from a register relating to a trading scheme- (a) for the purposes of the administration of another trading scheme for which provision is made by regulations under this Part of this Act, or (b) for the purposes of the administration of any other trading scheme (at United Kingdom, European or international level) relating to greenhouse gas emissions.
These disclosures are expected to improve data availability and quality and help develop common robust methodologies. The EBA envisages a phase-in period until June 2024 for these disclosures. S The EBA simplified the template in question by removing the country breakdown. In addition, the e template has been amended to increase the t e comparability of the information disclosed across a different jurisdictions.
Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener Resources and Waste: For municipal wastewater, water companies use the Carbon Accounting Workbook developed by UK Water Industry Research to estimate operational GHG emissions across the industry. The workbook has been in place since 2004 and is updated annually to reflect the needs of the industry, including changes in carbon accounting practices with updated emission factors to align with the latest UK and international data. There are no internal models for private or industrial emissions and there are still significant gaps in our understanding of the magnitude and main sources of these. The Water UK Routemap to 2030 sets out industry plans to achieve net zero by 2030.113 This routemap has been used as the basis for Defra to develop net zero consistent policies, for example, using assumptions from industry on cost and feasibility of policy deployment. For landfill emissions estimation, the Landfill Environmental and Financial (LEAF) model has been used. This was developed by Resource and Waste Solutions, and more detail can be found in their report.114 This is a high-level and strategic model of non-hazardous waste flows in England. LEAF allows the different scenarios to be described numerically and their effects on landfill emissions and costs of landfill to be calculated. The model considers the impacts of changes on landfill gas, leachate and void space consumption. The model is England only, but to provide an indication of Devolved Administration potential, emission savings are scaled to a UK level using relative emissions shares between England and the Devolved Administrations. It is assumed that there is a linear increase in diversion from landfill after 2021.
Climate change and energy
o Energy Law (2018) (Official Gazette of the RM no. 96, 28.5.2018)
Climate change and energy balances
0 Rulebook on energy balances and energy statistics
Climate change and energy markets
Rulebook on the manner and procedure for monitoring the functioning of energy
markets
Climate change and energy efficiency
o Law on Energy Efficiency (2020) (Official Gazette of the RNM no. 32, 10.2.2020)
Rulebook on Marking Energy Consumption and Other Resources for Energy
Products (2016)
Climate change and renewable energy
O Rulebook on Renewable Energy Sources (2019) (Official Gazette of the RNM no. 112, 3.6.2019)
Decree on the measures for support of the electricity generation from renewable
energy sources (2019) (Official Gazette of the RM no. 29, 5.2.2019)
Decision on the total installed capacity of the preferential producers of electricity
(2019) (Official Gazette of the RM no. 29, 5.2.2019)
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Decision on the national mandatory goals for the share of energy generated from
renewable sources in the gross final energy consumption and for the share of
energy generated from renewable sources in the final energy consumption in
transport (2019) (Official Gazette of the RM no. 29, 5.2.2019)
Climate change and waste
Law on Waste Management (Consultation document 2020)
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Climate change and transportation
Law on Vehicles (2016) (Official Gazette of the RM no. 140/08, 53/11, 123/12,
70/13, 164/13, 138/14, 154/15, 192/15, 39/16)
Law on Motor Vehicle Tax (2019) (Official Gazette of the RNM no. 261/2019)
Law on Excises (Official Gazette of the RNM no. 108/19, 143/19, 225/19 and
275/19)
21 (1) Where power is conferred on an administrator by the regulations to impose a civil sanction in relation to a breach of regulations under this , the provision conferring the power must secure that- E+W+N.I. (a) the administrator must publish guidance about the administrator's use of the civil sanction, (b) the guidance must contain the relevant information, (c) the administrator must revise the guidance where appropriate, (d) the administrator must consult such persons as the provision may specify before publishing any guidance or revised guidance, and (e) the administrator must have regard to the guidance or revised guidance in exercising the administrator's functions. (2) In the case of guidance relating to a fixed monetary penalty, the relevant information referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) is information as to- (a) the circumstances in which the penalty is likely to be imposed, (b) the circumstances in which it may not be imposed, (c) the amount of the penalty, (d) how liability for the penalty may be discharged and the effect of discharge, and (e) rights to make representations and objections and rights of appeal. (3) In the case of guidance relating to a discretionary requirement, the relevant information referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) is information as to- (a) the circumstances in which the requirement is likely to be imposed, (b) the circumstances in which it may not be imposed, (c) in the case of a variable monetary penalty, the matters likely to be taken into account by the administrator in determining the amount of the penalty (including, where relevant, any discounts for voluntary reporting of non-compliance), and (d) rights to make representations and objections and rights of appeal.
SF, emissions remain at low levels over the projection period. Table 4.19: PFC emissions by sector, MtCO, (WEM scenario, UNFCCC coverage) Table 4.20: SF6 emissions by sector, MtCO, (WEM scenario, UNFCCC coverage)
What are smart meters? Unlike traditional meters, which simply register a running total of energy used, smart gas and electricity meters can record half-hourly price and consumption data and provide automatic meter readings to your energy supplier. Most homes have two meters, one for gas and one for electricity both will be replaced with smart meters. You will also be offered an In-Home Display sometimes referred to as an IHD, an easy-to-use handheld device that sits within your home. This will show you the cost and amount of energy you are using, updating every 30 minutes for gas and in near real-time for electricity. The installation will also include a communications hub, which allows the smart meters and IHD to communicate with each other, and links your smart metering system to the secure national smart meter network. How do I get a smart meter? The government has required energy suppliers in England, Scotland and Wales to provide smart meters to their customers. Get in touch with your energy supplier, which can arrange for smart meters to be installed at a time and date that suits you.
Minister for Climate Change and Corporate Department for Business, Energy & I am writing to you in your capacity as Chair of the Treasury Select Committee. I am pleased to inform you that the Government will publish its response to the consultation on Corporate Transparency and Register Reform today. In 2019, the Government consulted on a range of options to enhance the role of Companies House and increase the transparency of companies and other legal entities. The consultation received over 1300 responses and feedback was overwhelmingly positive. The reforms set out in the Government response support our ambition of making the UK the best place to work and grow a business and will ensure that our regulatory framework for setting up and reporting company information is fit for the 21st century. Register data informs many business-to-business transactions and underpins credit scores and lending decisions. The transformation of Companies House will see processes streamlined and the user experience improved. Users of the register, including sectors that fall under anti-money laundering regulations, will be able to take greater assurance from this The key policy proposals outlined in the Government response  Identity introducing compulsory identity verification for all directors, People with Significant Control and those filing information on behalf of a company.  Reforms to Companies House providing the Registrar of Companies with stronger powers to query, seek evidence for, amend or remove information and to share it with law enforcement partners when certain conditions are met.  Protecting Personal simplifying and speeding up the process for removing personal information from the public register.  Company the response proposes further consultation on how to introduce full digital tagging of accounts to ensure consistency, easier identification and comparability of information on the register. The Government’s vision is for a register built upon relevant and accurate information that supports the UK’s global reputation as a great place to work and grow a business, and as a leading exponent of corporate transparency. Companies House will play an even stronger role as an enabler of economic growth, whilst strengthening the UK’s ability to combat We plan further consultation on some detailed aspects of these plans later this year, and I will keep you informed as we do so. Following further consultation on certain detailed aspects of the reforms, the Government intends to bring forward legislation when I will be placing a copy of the Government response in the Libraries of the House, along Minister for Climate Change and Corporate Responsibility
This Order, among other things, amends: the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 to provide for a statutory appeal to the Inner House of the Court of Session by any person or body who is aggrieved by certain specified decisions of the Scottish Ministers made under that Act in relation to marine licensable activities concerning electricity generating stations to be situated in the Scottish offshore region; the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Environment Act 1995 in relation to controlling the emission into the atmosphere of noxious or offensive substances from premises, and for a general duty on persons in control of certain premises in relation to harmful emissions into the atmosphere.
Pursuant to the decisions taken within the framework of the energy and climate package, Poland is obliged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 21% in the years 2013-2020, compared to 2005, and has the potential to increase by 14% emissions from the sectors not covered by the system. In addition, Poland has committed itself to increase, by up to 15%, the share of final energy production from renewable energy sources and, by up to 10%, the share of biofuels in the transport fuel market, as well as to improve the energy efficiency of the economy by 2016, to the level of 9% of the average national final energy consumption.
After consulting the Committee of the Regions, of 25 November 2009 REGULATION (EC) No 1222/2009 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
OBJECTIVE E3. LIMITING THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM THE USE OF COAL IN ELECTRICITY GENERATION BY IMPLEMENTING CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGIES AND EFFICIENCY ENHANCING MEASURES OBJECTIVE E4. REDUCING LOSSES AND LEAKS IN ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION OBJECTIVE B1. INCREASING ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS
16 U.K. The regulations must, for each trading period- (a) set a target for the total amount of the activities, and (b) impose, or provide for the imposition of, an obligation on each participant in relation to the carrying on of a specified amount of the activities in the period.
In scenarios 1 and 2, end users of energy such as transport, industry, and buildings are decarbonised extensively, while accounting for residual emissions in aviation and baseline assumptions on the technological potential for carbon capture. In this scenario more optimistic assumptions around carbon capture and aviation, such as the availability of sustainable fuels at scale and zero emission aircraft, cause a divergence from scenarios 1 and 2 in the deployment of certain technologies. With lower residual emissions in aviation and improvement in capture or negative emission potential, end use sectors such as transport, buildings, agriculture and industrial dispersed sites can decarbonise to a lesser extent. This pathway sees electricity and low carbon hydrogen generation requirements in between the two scenarios explored previously, at 670 TWh and 330 TWh respectively. Figure 11: High innovation scenario: residual emissions in 2050 Figure 10: High innovation scenario: energy generation and end uses in 2050
These Regulations amend the Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2010 by inserting a new regulation 8B so as to provide a method for determining whether a carbon unit is to be credited to or debited from the net Scottish emissions account in respect of the relevant period for 2014 and by inserting a new paragraph (5) into regulation 9 (register of transactions) so as to set out the information to be included in the register for 2014.