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This document aims to set out a comprehensive approach to greening financial systems, mobilising finance for clean and resilient growth, and capturing the resulting opportunities for UK firms. This strategy recognises the role of the financial sector in delivering global and domestic climate and environmental objectives. It sets out: the proposals for green finance at the heart of delivering the UK’s Clean Growth Strategy, 25 Year Environment Plan and Industrial Strategy how the proposals support the UK’s economic policy for strong, sustainable and balanced growth
c) Directive no. 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 23, 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Directive 85/337/EEC of the Council, as well as Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) no. 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council - establishes the legal framework for the geological storage of carbon dioxide in two types of formations: deposits depleted of hydrocarbons, respectively saline aquifers; formations: deposits depleted of hydrocarbons, respectively saline aquifers; d) Directive no. 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 23, 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC - establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources. Mandatory national objectives are foreseen regarding the global share of energy from renewable sources in the final gross energy consumption and the share of energy from renewable sources used in transport. In 2020, Romania must reach a share of energy from renewable sources in the final gross energy consumption of 24%. Chapter II
The Transport White Paper" established a goal to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector by 60% by 2050 compared to 1990 and by around 20% by 2030 compared to emissions in 2008. Greenhouse gas emissions increased by 33% during the period 1990 to 2007 but have since fallen on the back of high oil prices, increased efficiency of passenger cars and slower growth in mobility. This trend is expected to continue up until 2020 but greater efforts will be needed after 2020 to reach the White Paper's targets.
Concerning aquacultures, possible adaptation measures to climate change include institutional measures, policy measures and action planning which are summarized as follows (Remoundou and Kountouri 2011): Within the context of the aforementioned strategy and general objectives, the following specific aims weredefined: Insurance aquaculture: this measure could help to avoid the risk of bankruptcy for fish farmers from damage to their facilities due to extreme weather events. The state could provide incentives so that even small farmers could insure and avoid long-term reductions in production and social problems of the abandonment of their profession.
This shift is well underway. The market for Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) investments in the UK has grown dramatically. Businesses and financial institutions are responding to the challenge and impetus to grow in responsible, sustainable ways. The demand for sustainable products is high: 70% of the UK public want their money to go towards making a positive difference to people or planet.' And the market is responding: data from the Investment Association finds that 49% of the £9.4 trillion in UK assets were integrating ESG in their investment processes in 2020, up from 37% in 2019 (see Figure D),² In 2019, the UK became the first major economy to commit in law to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. In 2021, the government went further, setting in law the world's most ambitious climate change target to cut emissions by 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels. To achieve this, the whole economy will have to transform. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is clear that immediate, rapid, and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are needed. This transition cannot be achieved without a significant shift of investment into sustainable projects and green technology. The financial system is therefore critical to achieving net zero and protecting the LIK's natural environment
The long-term climate target is intended as both a driver and a benchmark for target-setting by the EU over the medium term. The European heads of state and government agreed on the targets for 2030 in October 2014. The European Council agreed to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions within the EU of at least 40 percent by 2030 compared with 1990. The binding target for increasing the use of renewables was set at a minimum of 27 percent of final energy consumption. The target for improving energy efficiency is also at least 27 percent (compared with the business-as-usual scenario). The German government supports raising the EU energy efficiency target for 2030 to 30 percent.
Go Ultra Low is a ground-breaking joint government and car industry campaign – supported by the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) and the government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV). The aim of the campaign is to provide all the facts and information needed to make an informed decision about switching to an electric vehicle (EV). Through education and information this campaign will help determine the vehicle that fits each indivduals needs. Additional information is provided to help select an EV-friendly tariff and charge at home system.
9.1 Process and Assurance 2011 2030 2050 Greenhouse gas emissions (Mt CO₂-equivalent, comparisons with 1990)... with established policy in accordance with target agreement 38.4 (+26%) Indicative 34.1 (+12%) 25.0 (approx. -17%) approx. 12 (-60%) The parties have drawn up a green growth agenda with long-term perspectives and short-term measures. In total, steps are taken on twelve main subjects.
28 U.K. In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 (definition of public records), in Part 2 of the Table at the end of paragraph 3, at the appropriate place insert- " The Committee on Climate Change. "
Building on the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, the Energy White Paper sets out specific steps the government will take over the next decade to recover from he Covid-19 pandemic and set the course to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The policies presented in the paper would cut an estimated 230 million tones of CO2 across various sectors, mainly transport, buildings and industry, while supporting up to 220,000 jobs. The details of the White Paper plans that are being implemented are for the most part included in the policy records for the Ten Point Plan. There are however two major new announcements: - the confirmation that the UK will implement its own UK ETS to replace the EU ETS - the government's intention to "bring at least one large scale nuclear reactor to the point of final investment"
Minister for Climate Change and Corporate Responsibility Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy EM 6816/20: Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, Regulation (EU) No 1301/2013 and Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 as regards specific measures to mobilise investments in the health care systems of t he Member States and in other sectors of their economies in response to the COVID-19 outbreak EM 7154/20: Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and Regulation (EU) No 1301/2013 as regards specific measures to provide exceptional flexibility for the use of the European Structural and Investments Funds in response to the COVID-19 outbreak Thank you for your letter dated 5 June on the above Regulations, which was considered by our Environment Sub-Committee on 30 September. Thank you for your explanation of how the Managing Authorities are assessing how best to invest the funds, and your assurance that low carbon investments remain a priority. We note your explanatio n that the Regulations apply only to fundi ng that has already been allocated; and that BEIS represents the UK at the relevant Task Force Meetings. We are now content to close this correspondence. I am copying this letter to Sir William Cash MP, Chair of the Commons European Scrutiny Committee; Jessica Mulley, Clerk of the Commons European Scrutiny Committee; Les Saunders, Cabinet Office; and the BEIS Parliamentary Scrutiny Team. Chair of the European Union Committee
Meanwhile, in September 2015, the Republic of Azerbaijan joined the "Sustainable Development Agenda for 2016-2030", which was approved at the UN Summit on Sustainable Development in New York and launched the enforcement process for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (17 SDGs, 169 targets and 232 indicators). Seven of the SDGs, namely the SDG 6, SDG 7, SDG 11, SDG 12, SDG 13, SDG 14, SDG 15 directly deal with mitigation of environmental and climate change and other issues, and SDG 8 and SDG 9 touched upon the topic indirectly. For example, the Sustainable Development Goal 13 calls for taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. It is noted in the relevant targets that the development and implementation of new innovative technologies to explore the potential of the green economy and expand its application in all countries is of great importance. The SDG 7 is about ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. Target 7.2 envisages substantial increase in the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030. Meanwhile, Goal 7.3 calls for doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency by 2030. Target 7.a. envisages enhancing international cooperation to facilitate access to clean energy research and technology, including renewable energy, energy efficiency and advanced and cleaner fossil-fuel technology, and promote investment in energy infrastructure and clean energy technology by 2030.
Title LATVIA'S FOURTH BIENNIAL REPORT under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Laine Lupkina, Vita Ratniece, Līga Rubene, Intars Cakars, Lauris Siņics Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre
National Drought Management Strategy Paper and Action Plan (2017-2023) National Forestry Programme (2004-2023) National Strategy and Action Plan on Combating Desertification (2015-2023) • Strategic Plan for Organic Farming (2018-2022)
6 U.K. A person ceases to be the chair or the deputy chair if the person- (a) resigns that office by giving written notice to the Secretary of State, or (b) ceases to be a member.
These statistics were previously reported under the title Biofuels Statistics. The name change is to account for the emergence of renewable fuels which are not biofuels, as well as to align our terminology across the department and to make our statistics more readable and coherent. The name change does not represent a break in the statistical series. The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation RTFO tables are the main data source for this statistical release. However, from 2019, the UK also reports renewable fuel supply under the motor fuel greenhouse gas emissions reporting guidance GHG tables. The GHG regulations are closely related to the RTFO, however small differences in reporting requirements and categorisations result in small differences in figures. Readers are advised that the report is based on data in the RTFO tables, and that back-series reports are based on past RTFO tables. Statistics on the supply of renewable fuels, reported under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation for 2019, based on data available as of 17 June 2019. This is the first of five provisional reports for 2019 and therefore contains an incomplete dataset for the year. The final report is scheduled for publication in November 2020. We have incorporated changes to the report and tables as a result of changes to the legislation. Further information on these changes is available. The report and accompanying tables includes information on the
There are two sets of data tables for this period. The first set of tables RF_01 report the supply of renewable fuel to the UK under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation RTFO. The second set of tables RF_02 report the supply of renewable fuel to the UK under the Motor Fuel Greenhouse Gas GHG Emissions Reporting Regulations. Though the two reporting mechanisms are similar, there is some variation in categorisation between the RTFO and FQD leading to small differences between the two tables.
For most sectors there is a need to consider a set of additional policy measures in order to pursue a more ambitious low carbon path and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. With regards to the additional policy scenario (or neutrality scenario), unlike the previous one, emission restrictions consistent with carbon neutrality were imposed in 2050. This scenario thus allows to assess the additional effort required for each sector so that overall achieve neutrality, not accurately translating a typical scenario of policy impact assessment and planned measures. There is still a cost-effective potential to reduce GHG emissions more sharply compared to the existing policy scenario, around 55% compared to 2005, rising to 73% by 2040 and around 82% by 2050 (without LULUCF), decarbonizing almost entirely electricity production, and strongly reducing emissions from mobility and transport and buildings, over the next decades. Thus, the electricity generation sector in an additional policy scenario has in 2030 a GHG emission reduction potential of around 95% compared to 2005, the transport sector by 46% and the building sector by 48%, rising to 98%, 84% and 82% respectively by 2040. As for the industrial processes sector, reductions of around 39% in 2030 to 48% in 2040 are expected, due to the expected improvements in process efficiency and the use of less polluting fuels, with the incorporation of more Fuels Derived from Waste/ RDF (refused derived fuel), biomass and electrification of some subsectors.
If the user of the funds does not use the allocated funds in the manner and for the purpose determined by the contract, he is obliged to return the unintended funds to the Budget Fund, and he is responsible for the damage caused to the Budget Fund in the manner determined by the contract on the use of funds and the law. Financing at the level of the autonomous province and local self-government unit Article 63.
The law is signed 07/20/2017 Returned with the signature of the President of Ukraine On June 23, 2017, the law was sent to the President of Ukraine for signature
We cannot predict the exact technological changes that will help us deliver on the fourth and fifth carbon budgets (and beyond). Some technologies will develop faster than expected, making it easier to reduce emissions in particular sectors. Some technologies may develop less quickly than we hope. Total sector emissions reductions are compared against estimated 2017 levels. Supplementary metrics, where relevant, compared the 2032 pathway with 2015 official statistics. See Table 4 in Annex D, and Table 6 in the Technical Annex for details. The approach could involve¹50,
13 U.K. The Committee must, if required to do so by the national authorities- (a) pay such pensions, gratuities or allowances as the national authorities may determine to or in respect of any employee or former employee, or (b) pay such sums as the national authorities may determine towards provision for the payment of pensions, gratuities or allowances to or in respect of any employee or former employee.
You must keep records that prove the amounts of levy you declare are correct. You can use any of these formats
Keep your records for 6 years and make all records available to HMRC if we ask to see them. You must be able to convert computer records to paper if we ask you to. If you find that your returns or records have errors, you must correct them. Commercial invoices
You must keep all commercial invoices for purchases and supplies of energy products. Climate Change Levy accounting documents
All energy suppliers should keep levy accounting documents. For each accounting period, show how you reached the total levy due. Include itemised transactions to show the accumulation of tax. An accounting document must show the
You must also show the amount of levy you charged if you claim bad debt relief. Credit and debit notes
As a supplier of taxable commodities you should keep credit and debit notes and similar documents you have sent or received. Special utility schemes records
Utilities operating special utility schemes also use levy accounting documents to account for supplies that cannot be included in the normal billing cycle. Its not a substitute for the normal rules. Supplies made by gas and electricity companies that do not fit into the normal cycles of billing include
Write to HMRC to ask for approval before you begin to operate the scheme. The approval will specify both the schemes conditions and duration, you must abide by these terms. They will be reviewed to make sure that its producing a fair and accurate result. Special utility schemes are intended to ease actual administrative and commercial difficulties, not to relax the normal tax point rules. Bad debt accounting records
If youre a supplier claiming bad debt relief, you must keep a copy of the levy account document that you issued. If you supply other taxable commodities, you must keep a copy of the sales invoice you issued, and a separate bad debt account showing
Records you must keep as a business energy customer
If you pay the main levy rate you have to show you have been charged them correctly, usually through your business and commercial records. When youre charged the reduced rates or nothing, you must also keep
If you do not keep records and a copy of the certificate you may be liable to a penalty. The certificates and the statement that applies will remain in place until either
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Emission Reduction Target
Gases covered
Global Warming Potential
Sectors Covered
LULUCF
Use of international credits (JI
and CDM)
Other
-20 % in 2020 compared to 1990
CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6
AR4
All IPCC sources and sectors, as measured by the full annual
inventory and international aviation to the extent it is included in
the EU ETS. Accounted under KP, reported in EU inventories under the
Convention. Assumed to produce net removals
Possible subject to quantitative and qualitative limits. Conditional offer to move to a 30 % reduction by 2020 compared to
1990 levels as part of a global and comprehensive agreement for
the period beyond 2012, provided that other developed countries
commit themselves to comparable emission reductions and that
developing countries contribute adequately according to their
responsibilities and respective capabilities.
In the built environment, energy audits are promoted through the energy label, the energy performance advice (EPA) and the energy management system. These instruments are performed independently by qualified experts and are audited by independent bodies. With the energy label, this is done on the basis of the Energy Performance of Buildings Decree and the Energy Performance of Buildings Regulation. For energy-intensive and large companies, the use of energy audits is promoted through the MJA3 covenants and the Multi-Year Agreement on Energy Efficiency ETS Companies (MEE). The MJA3 and MEE covenants are accessible to all commercial end users. In practice, there are approximately 1,100 participating companies that cover approximately 80% of the energy consumption by industry and approximately 25% of the Dutch energy consumption. It has been agreed in these covenants that all participating companies draw up an energy efficiency plan (EEP) every four years and implement cost-effective measures from these energy efficiency plans. The companies report annually on the measures taken. These energy audits are assessed by, among others, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, which provides for the independent implementation and testing required by the Directive. In 2016, new EEPs were drawn up by all participating companies for the period 2017-2020. With this, these companies already comply with the obligation to have carried out an investigation comparable to an energy audit. The 1100 companies consist of both small and large companies. In addition, the promotion of energy audits for non-residential buildings takes place within the framework of the Energy-saving built environment program of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (for non-MJA3 participants).
Iceland's 7th National Communication and 3rd Biennial Report Iceland shall reduce greenhouse gas emission of 40% before 2030 Iceland is to be carbon neutral no later than 2040 New Acton plan will be published with defined and financed projects Climate committee will be established
Policies and Measures (1.4) In response to the commitment assumed by Portugal in 2016, to achieve net-zero emissions by the end of 2050, the Carbon Neutrality Roadmap 2050 (RNC 2050) was adopted. It identifies the main decarbonisation vectors in all sectors (energy and industry, mobility and transport, waste and wastewater and agriculture and forests) and the path to reduce emissions of the all economy in order to achieve net zero in 2050, under different scenarios of socio-economic development. RNC 2050 is the Portuguese Long-term Strategy and was submitted to the UNFCCC, in accordance with the Paris Agreement, on the 20th of September 2019, and to the European Commission, to comply with the EU Energy Union and Climate Action Governance Regulation. It is a forwardlooking document of where to go, contributing to the definition of trajectories, not a policy and measures planning documentUnder the RNC 2050 Portugal revised its previous 2030 target (-30
vehicles used, provided for in Art. 36 or article. 68 sec. 4 on level higher than specified in these provisions for the next period in which it should another analysis should be carried out.
Cleaner Air for Scotland 2 (CAFS 2) is the new air quality strategy and sets out how the Scottish Government will continue to deliver air quality improvements over the next five years. This strategy is shaped around 10 general themes, which largely reflect the high level recommendations arising from the Cleaner Air for Scotland (CAFS) review.
Timeline Legal and physical entities. Target population
In 2016, the government committed to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, outlining a clear vision of decarbonisation of the national economy and contributing to the most ambitious objectives under the Paris Agreement. To support this commitment, the government decided to draw up a 2050 Carbon Neutrality Roadmap (RNC2050) with the aim of exploring the feasibility of trajectories that lead to carbon neutrality, identifying the main decarbonisation vectors and estimating the carbon reduction potential of various sectors of the national economy, such as energy and industry, mobility and transport, agriculture, forests and other land uses, and waste and waste water. This National Energy and Climate Plan is based on a strategic vision for the 2030 horizon of "Promoting the decarbonisation of the economy and the energy transition towards carbon neutrality in 2050 as an opportunity for the country, based on a democratic and fair model of territorial cohesion that enhances wealth generation and the efficient use of resources", being its decisive contribution to the definition of This report constitutes the 4th Biennial Report of Portugal, as required under Decision 2/CP.17 of the Conference of the Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Article 18(1) of the Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council of 21 May 2013 on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and for reporting other information at national and Union level relevant to climate change and repealing Decision No 280/2004/EC.