UoS-ECS-Rai/sustainability-policymaking huggingface dataset:
The Energy-Climate Package introduces a dual approach to achieving the 20% reduction in total greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels, France. This goal has been split into two sub-goals, one for ETS sectors (subject to the EU quota trading scheme) and another for non-ETS sectors (EU, 2009). Under the revised EUETS directive, a single EU-ETS cap covers the EU member States and the three non-EU member States taking part (Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein), meaning there are no country-specific emissions caps for the sectors concerned. For the quotas allocated to sectors included in the EU ETS, annual caps have been set for the period from 2013 to 2020; these drop by 1.74% per annum, starting at the average level of the quotas issued by Member States during the second period (2008-2012). The annual caps entail intermediate emissions reduction goals in the sectors covered by the EU ETS for each year up to 2020. More information on the EU ETS and information on the use of market mechanisms in the ETS can be found in Europe's biennial report. Emissions not covered by the ETS are handled as part of the Effort Sharing Decision (ESD). The ESD covers emissions from all sources that do not come under the EU ETS, except emissions derived from international marine transport and from international and European air transport (the latter have been included in the ETS since the 1" of January 2012) and emissions and removals derived from land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF). It therefore covers a broad variety of diffuse emissions from a wide range of sectors: transport (with road transport first and foremost), buildings (especially heating), services, small industrial facilities, fugitive emissions from the energy sector, fluorinated gas emissions, agriculture and waste management. These sources currently represent about 60%
The Energy Law established the legal framework for the installations of prosumers, who consume the power they produce themselves in households/commercial/public buildings. The government has expressed its intention to provide subsidies to citizens for such installations. The Investment and Development Fund (IDF) and Environmental Protection Fund (Eco Fund) are implementing support for green financing in the form of incentives for increased use of clean energy and improved energy efficiency, with the aim of reducing CO2 emissions and energy costs for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and farmers, through enhanced energy efficiency and security of supply and promotion of the use of renewable energy sources, thus providing a major impetus to low-carbon development and the economic recovery of the country. The business community is expected to show an interest and readiness to take part in this programme and contribute new ideas and solutions through the implementation of the public call for grants. The subsidies are intended for the co-financing of the implementation of projects on the use of renewables implemented by the Eco Fund with UNDP support. The IDF will support the implementation of this project by extending loans to end beneficiaries under its new Programme of Support to Green Businesses - Photovoltaic Panels for Businesses and Farms. Together with the UNDP, the Eco Fund has secured 100,000 to subsidize up to 40% of eligible costs, providing up to 25,000 per beneficiary. The project has a multiplier effect and aims to cut the costs of electricity, boost the productivity of businesses and farmers, and achieve significant reductions in CO emissions. Further support to businesses is planned to take the form of similar projects and to expand to citizens. The funds to be approved by the IDF under this credit line will be available to entrepreneurs, farmers and MSMEs and will range from 3,000 to up to 400,000, with a 3% interest rate per annum and a 10-year repayment period, including a one-year grace period. Implementation of this Programme of Support will contribute to market development and increased use of renewable energy sources, as well as a reduction of CO emissions generated by MSMEs, entrepreneurs and farms.
16 (1) If the regulations confer power on an administrator to require a person to pay a fixed monetary penalty, a variable monetary penalty or a non-compliance penalty under paragraph 14(1), they may include provision- E+W+N.I. (a) for early payment discounts; (b) for the payment of interest or other financial penalties for late payment of the penalty, such interest or other financial penalties not in total to exceed the amount of that penalty; (c) for enforcement of the penalty. (2) Provision under sub-paragraph (1)(c) may include- (a) provision for the administrator to recover the penalty, and any interest or other financial penalty for late payment, as a civil debt; (b) provision for the penalty, and any interest or other financial penalty for late payment to be recoverable, on the order of a court, as if payable under a court order.
21 (1) The application of the Committee's seal must be authenticated by the signature of- E+W+N.I. (a) a member of the Committee who is authorised (generally or specially) for that purpose, or (b) an employee who is so authorised. (2) A document purporting to be duly executed under the seal of the Committee or to be signed on behalf of the Committee shall be received in evidence and treated as so executed or signed unless the contrary is shown. (3) This paragraph does not apply in relation to Scotland.
26 (1) Where pursuant to any provision made under this an administrator receives- E+W+N.I. (a) a fixed monetary penalty, a variable monetary penalty or a non-compliance penalty under paragraph 14, (b) any interest or other financial penalty for late payment of such a penalty, or (c) a sum paid in discharge of liability to a fixed monetary penalty pursuant to paragraph 11(1)(b), the administrator must pay it into the relevant Fund. (2) In sub-paragraph (1) " relevant Fund " means- (a) in a case where the administrator has functions only in relation to Wales, the Welsh Consolidated Fund, (b) in a case where the administrator has functions only in relation to Northern Ireland, the and (c) in any other case, the Consolidated Fund.
Projected GHG emissions from sources and removals in sinks were stimated using 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Volume 4: Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use, as those are applied in National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report. Projected GHG emissions and removals were estimated using abovementioned projected data and default carbon stock change/emission factors from 2006 IPCC Guidelines or nationally developed country specific factors. Figure 4-24. Projected GHG removals in LULUCF sector under WAM scenario Table 4-58. Historical and projected growing stock volume increment and its structure, million m³
The persons who, at the entry into force of this Law, are owners of land registered in the Property Registry, located in maritime-terrestrial urbanizations, which cease to be part of the maritime-terrestrial public domain by application of the same, will be reinstated in the domain of said assets, once the corresponding demarcations are reviewed, in accordance with the second additional provision. Seventh additional provision. Exclusion of certain population centers from the maritime-terrestrial public domain. 1. The land corresponding to the population centers that are listed in the annex to this Law are excluded from the maritime-terrestrial public domain, to the extent established in the planimetry incorporated in the annex itself.
Amendments to the
Montreal Protocol
Reduction of bio-waste
W1 within municipal waste
Increase of connection
rate to the sewerage
system (target 93% by
W2 2035)
reduce the consumption of HFC substances
according to the following dynamics:
A freeze of HFCs consumption levels in 2024
keeping them as the baseline (average HFC
consumption levels for 2020-2022 +65% of
the HFC baseline):
 10% reduction by 2029
30% reduction by 2035
50% reduction by 2040
 80% reduction by 2045
The implementation of the Landfill Directive
(1999/31/EC) requires a reduction of the
biodegradable waste being landfilled. Therefore, it is planned to increase the
separate collection of municipal waste,
hereby achieving a decrease in the organic
waste being disposed in landfills. This is to be
achieved by a system of primary separation
(two bins - dry and wet), a network of waste
collection in rural areas, construction of
recycling yards in municipalities, equipment
for waste collection, as well as educational
and awareness-raising activities. The
implementation of these measures is already
ongoing, and will be continued to achieve the
following targets, as set in the Negotiation
Chapter 27:
Share of biodegradable municipal waste
disposed to landfills will be reduced:
 to 75% of the 2010 level by 2025
to 50% of the 2010 level by 2029
to 35% of the 2010 level by 2033
The construction of sewerage connection
systems and wastewater treatment plants in
recent years has led to a decreased amount
of wastewater collected in septic tanks and
released untreated into the aquatic
environment. According to Negotiation
Chapter 27 (February 2018), Montenegro,
sets the target that by 2035 93% of the
population will be connected to sewerage
systems except for agglomerations of less
than 2000 PE which are not obliged to
comply with the UWWTD. The remaining
percentage of the population, which cannot
be connected to the network for technical
reasons, will be served by individual systems
according to UWW
report and the UK's NDC for 2030 (implying emissions of 1,585 MtCO₂e, including IAS emissions, over the Fifth Carbon Budget period), as our best indication of what is required to stay on track to our recommended Sixth Carbon Budget and the UK's 2050 Net Zero target. It is our assessment that the Fourth Carbon Budget is on track with the Balanced Net Zero Pathway, but that the Fifth Carbon Budget is not. Nor, therefore, is it aligned to our recommended NDC for 2030. Should the Government choose to amend the fifth Carbon Budget, its level should be 1,585 MICO.
4.3.2 technologies, including a high R&amp;D effort, that compensate for the current lack of internalization of the environmental costs of non-renewable technologies. Aid for research and technological development in underdeveloped areas. &gt; The effective integration of renewable energy in the transport and building sectors (case of biomass and solar). 0 Ensure that from 2010 renewable energies are placed in a strategic and competitive position compared to fossil fuels, increasing their contribution to the Spanish energy mix with respect to PER considerations until achieving a contribution to gross electricity consumption of 32 % in 2012 and 37% in 2020. fossil fuels, increasing their contribution to the Spanish energy mix with respect to PER considerations until achieving a contribution to gross electricity consumption of 32% in 2012 and 37% in 2020. (ii) Measures Encourage actions that favor those less developed such as biomass, and thermoelectric and photovoltaic solar energy, stimulating investment in technological development that lowers current installation costs.. Promote small photovoltaic installations of less than 5 Kw., through the improvement of the premiums of the conditions of access to the network and the administrative procedures for obtaining subsidies and applications for connection permits. Increase in hydraulic use through the rehabilitation of closed mini-power plants, improvement of existing ones and installation of turbines in reservoirs that lack them. Provide investments in renewable energies and cogeneration with a framework of greater economic security that contributes to their strengthening, evaluating an improvement in the bonuses that the Tax on Economic Activities grants to companies that use or produce
12. energy audit for large companies - energy audit that includes energy audit of buildings in accordance with the law regulating construction and energy audit of technological processes or industrial plants in accordance with the rulebook on energy audits for large enterprises 13. energy - primary energy sources and/or transformed form of energy, i.e. electricity, thermal energy, gas, oil and oil derivatives and energy from renewable sources 14. energy service - implementation of an energy efficiency project and other related activities based on an energy performance contract with a guarantee that under reference conditions it leads to a verifiable and measurable or estimable improvement in energy efficiency and/or energy and/or water savings
This Exposure Draft is to consult on new climate-related financial disclosures in entity-level annual reports that align with the TCFDs recommendations. The Phase 3 Exposure Draft addresses the recommended disclosures for the Strategy pillars of the TCFD framework. Preparers, experts, and other stakeholders from across central government and the wider public sector are asked to provide feedback on the proposed public sector adaptations, interpretations, and considerations as well as the overall completeness and clarity of the guidance. This application guidance is additive, with Phase 3 expanding on the TCFD-aligned disclosure application guidance for Phase 1 and Phase 2. The Phase 1 application guidance was published in July 2023 and addressed the recommended disclosures for the Governance pillar - applying to in-scope central government bodies annual reports and accounts from 2023-24.
The Phase 2 update was published in March 2024, addressing the Risk Management and Metrics and Targets pillars - applying from 2024-25. This Exposure Draft covers the whole UK public sector, which is the boundary for the Whole of Government Accounts. However, the relevant authority for each jurisdiction within that boundary will have their own due process for proposing and approving changes to their reporting regime. This consultation does not supplant those processes. The proposed changes are published for comment only. The proposals may be modified before being formally presented to the Financial Reporting Advisory Board FRAB for their approval. The proposed effective date for central government bodies is 1 April 2025, with Phase 3 disclosures required in annual reports and accounts for 2025-26 on a comply or explain basis. Other public sector bodies should follow the direction from their respective relevant authority. Public sector bodies may choose to voluntarily apply this guidance - in full or in part.
This Order transfers certain functions of Northern Ireland departments to other Northern Ireland departments. The functions which immediately before the transfer date are exercisable by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development under or for the purposes of the statutory provisions set out in Schedule 2 are transferred as from that date to the Department for Infrastructure. The functions which immediately before the transfer date are exercisable by the Department of the Environment— (a) under or for the purposes of the statutory provisions set out in Part 1 of Schedule 5 are transferred as from that date to the Department for Communities; (b) under or for the purposes of the statutory provisions set out in Part 2 of that Schedule are transferred as from that date to the Department for Infrastructure; c) under or for the purposes of any other statutory provision are transferred as from that date to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.
Certain functionsalso transferred from the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure and the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. legislation involved includes: the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011, the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, the Reservoirs Act (Northern Ireland) 2015, Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966, and the Land Acquisition and Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order.
This guidance is for local authorities. There is different guidance for homeowners and landlords. Update 29 July 2025
The data dictionary has been updated to highlight which KPI elements are not required as part of a forecast. Overview
The Warm Homes Local Grant will begin delivery in 2025 and will provide energy performance upgrades and low carbon heating via local authorities, to households that
Once in delivery local authorities will be able to install energy performance measures and low carbon heating to eligible homes in their area. Measures could include
Upgrades should be tailored to individual homes so that the most appropriate measures are installed. Occupants will not contribute to the cost of upgrades. The Warm Homes Local Grant scheme has been allocated 500 million as part of the Autumn Budget. See a breakdown of funding available. Participating local authorities will use the funding to install energy performance upgrades and low carbon heating. Local authorities within the West Midlands Combined Authority WMCA and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority GMCA have received an allocation of funding as part of the governments commitment to the Warm Homes and Public Sector Decarbonisation Devolution Programme. To learn more about this please refer to the Integrated Settlement GOV.UK page. How it works
The Warm Homes Local Grant expression of interest EOI window is now closed. Local authorities had to apply for the funding by 1 December 2024. All eligible local authorities that completed and submitted an EOI form by this deadline have been allocated funding. Delivery Assurance Check DAC
Grant recipients are required to complete and submit this form as part of their Mid-Mobilisation Review and Delivery Assurance Check DAC for WHLG. Once you have completed the form and organised your DAC date, please email the form and the required annexes to WHLGenergysecurity.gov.uk. Annexes A and B to the form were attached to your memorandum of understanding whereas annexes C, D and E can be completed in the workbook.
Help and support
Support is available at no cost to all local authorities participating in the Warm Homes Local Grant from the Retrofit Information Support and Expertise RISE service. Eligible postcodes and IMD
The Indices of Multiple Deprivation IMD combines multiple elements of deprivation including unemployment, health and income. The IMD Income Decile eligible postcode list has separated out the income element from the other deprivations and shows all postcodes in Income deciles 1-2. This list is different to the IMD 1-2, and households in IMD 1-2 will not necessarily be in Income Deciles 1-2 and vice versa. Households that are outside the IMD Income Deciles 1-2 may still be eligible for support, if local authorities have verified that they meet the requirements under eligibility pathway 2 low income proxies or 3 household income threshold. Further information is provided in the policy guidance available on this page.
in de-risking the testing and demonstration of these approaches, and in providing clear procurement signals and an appropriate regulatory framework. CO Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) & Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) Key R&I Programmes 2022-25 DESNZ Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) CCUS Innovation 2.0 Programme, £20m. R&I Challenge: 6.1 DESNZ Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) Direct Air Capture and Greenhouse Gas Removals Innovation Programme, £60m. R&I Challenge: 6.2 & 6.3 UKRI Strategic Priorities Fund Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR) Programme, £22m. R&I Challenge: 6.2, 6.3, 9.4 & 9.6 Key R&I deliverable(s) 2022-25 Develop novel CCUS technologies and support demonstration of next generation CCUS to reduce deployment costs. Demonstration / pilot plants covering Direct Air Capture, bioenergy with carbon capture, seawater solutions and biochar. Support for a series of land- based GGR demonstration projects such as rock weathering, afforestation, perennial crops, peatland and biochar. Longer term policy objective Support the establishment of connections for four of the UK's major industrial clusters to decarbonisation infrastructure by 2030. Deliver one or more first- of-a-kind demonstrators to enable ambition for 5MtCO₂ of engineered removals annually by 2030. Understand the effectiveness, cost and limitations of large- scale land-based GGR methods needed to achieve the level of removals required for net zero. Government has an important role to play in overcoming the financial barriers associated with high up-front capital costs of CCUS, as well as the technical challenges relating to capture performance at scale. This also includes support for innovation in the enabling infrastructure for CCUS, such as storage and transportation, as well as the appropriate market frameworks and pro-innovation regulation.
To achieve the at least 40% EU target, the sectors covered by the ETS have to reduce their emissions by 43% compared to 2005. To this end, the overall number of emission allowances will decline at an annual rate of 2.2 % from 2021 onwards, compared to 1.74% currently. This amounts to an additional emissions reduction in the sectors covered by the ETS of some 556 million tonnes over the decade - equivalent to the annual emissions of the UK. The Market Stability Reserve (MSR) - the mechanism established by the EU to reduce the surplus of emission allowances in the carbon market and to improve the EU ETS's resilience to future shocks - will be substantially reinforced. Between 2019 and 2023, the amount of allowances put in the reserve will double to 24% of the allowances in circulation. The regular feeding rate of 12% will be restored as of 2024. As a long-term measure to improve the functioning of the EU ETS, and unless otherwise decided in the first review of the MSR in 2021, from 2023 onwards the number of allowances held in the reserve will be limited to the auction volume of the previous year. Holdings above that amount will lose their validity. The revised EU ETS Directive provides predictable, robust and fair rules to address the risk of carbon leakage. The system of free allocation will be prolonged for another decade and has been revised to focus on sectors at the highest risk of relocating their production outside of the EU. These sectors will receive 100% of their allocation for free. For less exposed sectors, free allocation is foreseen to be phased out after 2026 from a maximum of 30% to 0 at the end of phase 4 (2030). A considerable number of free allowances will be set aside for new and growing installations. This number consists of allowances that were not allocated from the total amount available for free allocation by the end of phase 3 (2020) and 200 million allowances from the MSR.