UoS-ECS-Rai/sustainability-policymaking huggingface dataset:
6. The implementation of this Program is carried out in the following five main areas: the creation of guaranteed and decent living conditions and the level of environmental safety for the population and the state; ecologization of economic sectors, improvement of technological processes and environmental protection prevention of environmental pollution by industrial and economic waste development of legislation and regulatory and methodological framework in the field of environmental protection and nature management, environmental education and education for sustainable development; activities; development of regional and international cooperation to improve environmental protection and prevent transboundary environmental pollution. 3.1. Creation of guaranteed and decent living conditions and the level of environmental safety for the population and the state of activity; removal of the population of the state 7. When creating guaranteed and decent living conditions and the level of environmental safety for the population and the state, the main tasks are: stabilization and restoration of ecosystems in ecologically unfavorable territories; reducing the level of environmental pollution by emissions and discharges of pollutants; provision of high-quality drinking water to the population; provision of reliable information on the state of the environment; development and expansion of protected natural areas. 8. To fulfill the main tasks provided for in paragraph 7 of this Program, the following activities are required: environmental rehabilitation of the Aral Sea region through forest reclamation activities on the dried bottom of the Aral Sea providing the population with high-quality drinking water through the development of water supply networks in large cities and towns of the Republic of Karakalpakstan and regions; reduction of pollutant emissions into the air from motor and railway vehicles and discharges into water resources due to the reconstruction of sewage treatment facilities; expansion of existing and development of new protected natural areas, inventory of geological natural monuments, development of measures to preserve the saiga population on the Ustyurt Plateau; assessment of the flora gene pool of Uzbekistan as the basis for maintaining the state cadastre of the flora. 3.2. Ecologization of economic sectors, improvement of technological processes and environmental activities
greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the development path will have to mean: a 55% reduction by 2030, a 70% reduction by 2040 and an 80-95% reduction by 2050. By 2020 renewable energies are to account for 18% of gross final energy consumption. After that, the German government will seek to make renewable energies account for the following proportion of gross final energy consumption: 30 % by 2030, 45% by 2040 and 60% by 2050. By 2020 electricity generated from renewable energy sources is to account for 35% of gross electricity consumption. Following this, the German government will seek to increase the propor- tion of gross electricity consumption contributed by electricity from renewable energy sources to: 50% by 2030, 65% by 2040 and 80% by 2050.
These Regulations amend the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012 by, among other things: adding Schedule 6A; inserting inserts regulations 58A and 58B; providing for rights of appeal in respect of decisions of the regulator or notifications give to the operator of an excluded installation, in relation to changes of capacity of activity levels which occur while an installation is an excluded installation. Schedule 6A provides for the allocation of allowances to operators of installations which cease to be excluded installations, and for the adjustment of such allocations, in respect of changes in the capacity or activity level of the installation which occurred while it was an excluded installation.
Regulation 58A provides for a penalty when an operator of an installation which ceases to be an excluded installation fails to notify the regulator of a significant capacity reduction or partial cessation which occurred while the installation is was excluded installation.Regulation 58B provides for a penalty when an operator of an excluded installation which ceases to be an excluded installation fails to notify the regulator that the operator has suspended the carrying out of regulated activities at the installation.
166 Table 5.21 Agriculture sector emissions by gas according to WAM scenario projections Agriculture sector emission projections on a gas-by-gas basis in WAM scenario are presented in Table 5.21.
Various studies exist for Switzerland which generally focus on specific sub-areas. They include, for example, the impacts of climate change on infrastructure, healthcare costs or economic productivity. Some studies evaluate the costs of climate change at macroeconomic level. The existing studies show that the costs of not taking action - i.e. the costs of unchecked global warming - for Switzerland will reach an annual amount of up to four per cent of GDP by 2050.00 If the development of GDP according to EP2050+ is taken as an approximate basis, these costs will amount to around CHF 38 billion. According to these estimates, annual costs of around one billion francs will be incurred on infrastructure from 2050 and annual costs of up to 11 billion francs in healthcare from 2060. If global efforts succeed in restricting climate change in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement, the costs will be much lower. In this case, the annual costs in 2050 would amount to a maximum of 1.5 per cent of GDP which equates to around 14 billion francs. This means the benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero would stand at 2.5 per cent of GDP a year. This is roughly 20 to 30 billion francs. The figures available today on the costs of climate change should be regarded as conservative estimates. This is mainly due to a lack of comprehensive cost calculations that take account of all climate impacts. The actual costs of climate change - and so too the benefits of comprehensive reduction of greenhouse gas emissions - may be significantly higher.
Civil sanctions E+W+N.I. 9 (1) The relevant national authority may make provision by regulations about civil sanctions for breaches of regulations under this Schedule. E+W+N.I. (2) For the purposes of this a person breaches regulations under this if, in such circumstances as may be specified, the person- (a) fails to comply with a requirement made by or under the regulations, or (b) obstructs or fails to assist an administrator. (3) In this " civil sanction " means- (a) a fixed monetary penalty (see paragraph 10), or (b) a discretionary requirement (see paragraph 12).
As part of its Green Industrial Revolution, the government will inject a GBP 166.5 million to drive forward developments in critical technology, including carbon capture, greenhouse gas removal and hydrogen. This funding package will help benefit energy-intensive businesses like Tate & Lyle, BAE Systems and Celsa Manufacturing, creating over 60,000 well-paid green jobs across the UK, cutting business costs and helping to revitalize industrial heartlands. GBP 86 million of the total funding package comes from the government’s GBP 1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio.
Key policies:  Supporting low-carbon farming and agricultural innovation through the Farming Investment Fund and the Farming Innovation Programme to invest in equipment, technology, and infrastructure to improve profitability, benefit the environment and support emissions reductions. We will boost the existing 640 million Nature for Climate Fund with a further 124 million of new money, ensuring total spend of more than 750 million by 2025 on peat restoration, woodland creation and management - above and beyond what was promised in the manifesto. This will enable more opportunities for farmers and landowners to support Net Zero through land use change. Restoring approximately 280,000 hectares of peat in England by 2050 and trebling woodland creation rates in England, contributing to the UK's overall target of increasing planting rates to 30,000 hectares per year by the end of the Parliament. 75 million on net zero related R&D across Natural Resources, Waste & F-gases, to inform our pathway to 2037. New employment
The Carbon Budget Order 2016 sets the carbon budget for the 2028-2032 budgetary period as 1,725,000,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (including emissions from international shipping). The budget limits annual emissions to an average 57 per cent below 1990 levels. Carbon budgets set a cap on the maximum level of the net UK carbon account for each five-year budgetary period. The net UK carbon account is defined in section 27 of the Climate Change Act 2008 . Full text (English) can be found here .
Reduction target and reduction fulfillment 1) Greenhouse gas emissions are to be reduced by a total of 20% by 2020 compared to 1990 levels. The government can do that Art. 4
Revision note, updated reports and crosstabulations published on 21 March 2024. Fieldwork for the Winter 2023 wave of the PAT took place between 7 November and 11 December 2023 using a push-to-web methodology, covering a sample of 3,743 individuals in the UK. The methodology, which was introduced in Autumn 2021, uses random probability sampling. Respondents are invited to participate through letters sent out to addresses randomly selected from the postcode address file PAF. They can complete the survey online or on paper. These results should not be compared with the face-to-face results or online panel results from waves prior to Autumn 2021 due to selection and measurement effects. A summary of the methodology is provided in the Technical Overview report. A more detailed description of the survey methodology used since Autumn 2021 together with core survey metrics for Autumn 2022 to Summer 2023 is given in the Technical Report. The results have been split into topic-based reports.
These reports also include the results from previous waves from Autumn 2021 onwards and make comparisons with these results where possible. Some topic reports relate to areas which were under the remit of the former BEIS and will no longer be updated but are still available - see latest results for these topics
From Summer 2022 onwards we no longer publish the PAT datasets but more detailed versions will be available via the Secure Research Service SRS. This change was proposed when the results from Spring 2022 were published and no comments were received from users. Instead, we are now publishing time series and crosstabulations by sex, age, education and region for selected questions. We decided not to run the Autumn 2023 wave, which largely covered topics that do not fall within the remit of DESNZ. The next publication will cover results from the Spring 2024 wave and will be released in July 2024. We are always interested in feedback on the PAT. If you have any comments or questions on this publication, or the proposal for the upcoming waves please contact us at PATenergysecurity.gov.uk.
Milestones and schedule 2022 IV quarter: Establishing the conditions for the grant by ministerial regulation 2025 Q1: The technologies and equipment needed to create complete chains of green hydrogen have been procured, installed and configured
When developing and refining this mix of instruments, it is crucial to find the right balance between an appropriate market-based framework, funding programmes, regulatory law and information activities. A balance between measures to increase energy efficiency and others to promote the use of renewable energy is important here. It is crucial to prevent lockin effects and also to take social aspects into account adequately. Training and continual professional Achieving the goal of making Germany's building stock virtually climate-neutral by 2050 relies on putting in a place an intelligent and balanced mix of instruments over the next years and decades, including research and innovation, providing information advice, and support and creating the regulatory framework needed to drive forward the introduction of sustainable buildings, focusing equally on existing and new buildings. There is already a broad range of regulatory provisions, funding programmes such as the CO, Building Rehabilitation Programme, the Market Incentive Programme Promoting Renewable Energies and many other existing or planned measures to provide funding for climate-friendly buildings. The economic feasibility of the measures and the need to ensure building and housing remain affordable must be taken into account. To ensure the costs arising from buildings having to comply with climate regulations do not prevent owners from refurbishing them, a programme of government incentives should be continued. consumption in buildings in 2030 must be gradually increased in order to meet the target of achieving a virtually climate-neutral building stock by 2050. Further milestones must be defined on the basis of the results achieved by 2020 and the measures needed to enable targets to be met must be put in place.
national.statistician@statistics.gov.uk Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician Chair, Environmental Audit Committee Thank you for your letter of 28 June1, of which you noted the interest of the Committee in our evaluation of the pilot publication we released on 12 May, which brought together climate change-related statistics with the preliminary quarterly estimate of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). I also noted in my letter of 26 April2 to the Committee that we would look to publish wellbeing-related statistics alongside preliminary GDP estimates from 12 August 2022. I am very happy, therefore, to confirm to the Committee that we have today published our new quarterly package of statistics, bringing together climate change3 and wellbeing insights4 alongside estimates of GDP. This marks the first update to the Measures of National Well- being dashboard since the pandemic and captures how some of these indicators have changed. The combined package of statistics is an important step in our ongoing mission to provide a more holistic understanding of the UK economy, society and environment. We value and welcome feedback on this new approach as we determine whether this becomes a permanent release. Initial feedback from stakeholders across government to the May publication has been positive. I thank you and the Committee for both your interest and support, and we will of course continue to engage with you as we progress. 1 Correspondence (parliament.uk) 2 3 4
requests from the controlled entity implementing the National Index Target: 1) oral and written explanations, as well as the presentation of documents on ensuring a minimum share of biocomponents and other renewable fuels in the total amount of liquid fuels and liquid biofuels disposed of through any legal or actual act or consumed by the controlled for its own needs; la) oral and written explanations, as well as the presentation of documents on ensuring in a given quarter a minimum share of biocomponents, calculated according to the calorific value, contained in liquid fuels, which have been disposed of by this entity by making any legal or factual act on the territory of the Republic of Poland or consumed by him for his own needs in that territory; 2) presentation of documents enabling the verification of the compliance of the facts with the amount determined in accordance with the principles referred to in article 1. 23 sec. 2-5; 3) presentation of documents enabling the verification of the compliance of the facts with the amount determined in accordance with the principles set out in art. 23b. 6. A protocol is drawn up from the conducted control, in particular it contains conclusions and instructions on how to submit reservations as to its content,
The "scenario with additional measures" starts from the assumptions that the Republic of Serbia will reach its national goal of a 27% share of renewable energy sources in gross final consumption and a 10% share of biofuels in transport in 2020 and implement energy efficiency measures to achieve a 9% reduction in final energy consumption compared to the previous scenario. This scenario includes the implementation of measures with the aim to reduce final energy consumption in the building sector, the commercial and public service sector, and the industrial and transport sector. Consequently, the relative reduction in energy consumption (reduction per unit of GDP) in the manufacturing and service sectors will be accomplished. As a result, energy efficiency will become a "new energy source"
We will cut the cost for consumers who want to make improvements by'rebalancing' the costs placed on energy bills away from electricity to incentivise electrification across the economy. This will also ensure heat pumps are comparatively cheap to run over time. We will publish our proposals in 2022, considering overall system impacts and limiting the impact on bills, particularly for low-income consumers. the capacity market with net zero,28 including potential actions to encourage the participation of more low carbon capacity. However, it will be necessary to consider whether broader reforms to our market frameworks are needed to unlock the full potential of low carbon technologies, including flexibility, to take us to net zero. The British Energy Security Strategy set out how we will ensure a more flexible, efficient system for both generators and users:
House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA Following the Climate Change Committee’s oral evidence at the Environmental Audit Committee on Monday 7 April, please find below the additional information requested by the Chair during the Briefings given to government departments on the CB7 advice We briefed an official and political advisors We briefed senior officials and the Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Department for Business & Trade Apologies were sent in reply to our request Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs We briefed senior officials and Emma Hardy MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Water Department for Energy Security & Net Zero We briefed senior officials and the Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office A meeting with a senior representative was cancelled last minute. Apologies were sent Emma Pinchbeck, Chief Executive Officer
1.2 The UK has made world-leading progress in cutting our GHG emissions while growing the economy. We were the first country to introduce legally binding long-term emissions reduction targets, known as carbon budgets, through the Climate Change Act in 2008. Under this legal framework, the UK has led the world in delivering clean growth. Between 1990 and 2018, we reduced our emissions by over 43%² while growing the economy by 75%³. In June 2019, the UK became the first major economy to pass a net zero law to end its contribution to climate change by 2050 and in November we will welcome the world to the UN's climate change summit COP26 in Glasgow. 1.3 Net zero will require all sectors of the UK economy to deliver substantial further emissions reduction. Now is the time to build on the frameworks set out in the Industrial Strategy and the 2017 Clean Growth Strategy, which presented a 'high ambition' emissions reduction pathway through carbon budgets 4 and 5 to 2032³. 1.4 Addressing climate change will deliver a range of co-benefits including improved public health, reduced air pollution and noise. In doing so we will improve the places in which we live and work, our health and wellbeing and outcomes for future generations, as well as reducing inequality and promoting a fairer society.
1.1. Accelerating the transition to an interoperable, digitalised, cyber- secure system UK Net Zero Research and Innovation Delivery Plan | 41 Interoperable Demand Side Response Programme, to develop and demonstrate energy smart appliances to deliver demand side response.
This publication provides the final estimates of UK greenhouse gas emissions going back to 1990. Estimates are presented by source every February, and updated every March to include estimates by end-user and fuel type. When emissions are reported by source, emissions are attributed to the sector that emits them directly. When emissions are reported by end-user, emissions by source are reallocated in accordance with where the end-use activity occurred. This reallocation of emissions is based on a modelling process for example, all the carbon dioxide produced by a power station is allocated to the power station when reporting on a source basis. But when applying the end-user method, these emissions are reallocated to the users of this electricity, such as domestic homes or large industrial users. BEIS does not estimate embedded emissions, however Defra publishes estimates annually.
The alternative approaches to reporting UK greenhouse gas emissions report outlines the differences between them. For the purposes of reporting, greenhouse gas emissions are allocated to a small number of broad, high level sectors as follows
These high level sectors are made up of a number of more detailed sectors, as defined by the International Panel on Climate Change IPCC. The detailed sectors are used in the international reporting tables submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC every year. A list of corresponding Global Warming Potentials GWPs and a record of base year emissions are published separately. This is a National Statistics publication and complies with the Code of Practice for Statistics. Data downloads in csv format are available from the UK Emissions Data Selector. Please check our frequently asked questions or email climatechange.statisticsbeis.gov.uk if you have any questions or comments about the information on this page.
Limit on use of carbon units U.K. 11 Limit on use of carbon units U.K. (1) It is the duty of the Secretary of State to set a limit on the net amount of carbon units that may be credited to the net UK carbon account for each budgetary period. (2) The " net amount of carbon units " means- (a) the amount of carbon units credited to the net UK carbon account for the period in accordance with regulations under section 27, less (b) the amount of carbon units debited from the net UK carbon account for the period in accordance with such regulations. (3) The limit for a budgetary period must be set- (a) for the period 2008-2012, not later than 1st June 2009, and (b) for any later period, not later than 18 months before the beginning of the period in question. (4) The Secretary of State must set a limit under this section by order. (5) The order may provide that carbon units of a description specified in the order do not count towards the limit. (6) An order under this section is subject to affirmative resolution procedure. (7) Before laying before Parliament a draft of a statutory instrument containing an order under this section in relation to a budgetary period, the Secretary of State must- (a) take into account the advice of the Committee on Climate Change under section 34(1)(b) (advice on use of carbon units) in relation to that period, and (b) consult the other national authorities.
In its Climate Action Plan 2050 of November 2016,5 the German government confirmed and further defined its ambitious national climate targets: Germany is abiding by the existing national target of a 40 % reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. The German government also affirms in the Climate Action Plan 2050 the targets of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % by 2030, 70 % by 2040, and 80 to 95 % by 2050 compared with base year 1990. The Climate Action Plan clearly states that Germany intends to be largely greenhouse gas neutral by 2050.