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Government approval was given on 2 February 2021 to draft Heads of Bill which would give statutory effect to ending the issuing of new licences for the exploration and extraction of gas on the same basis as the decision taken in 2019 by the previous Government in relation to oil. Minister Ryan made this Programme for Government commitment effective immediately upon taking office - DECC is no longer accepting new applications for exploration licences for natural gas or oil, nor will there be any future licensing rounds. This commitment will be provided for in legislation at the Committee Stage of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill. We are also publishing the necessary draft amendments to the Petroleum and other Minerals Act today.
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4 (1) Section 42AA of that Act (publication of statistical information about performance of suppliers and distributors) is amended as follows. E+W+S (2) In subsection (1) (duty of Gas and Electricity Consumer Council to publish information about performance and consumer complaints)- (a) in paragraph (a), before "electricity suppliers" insert " electricity generators, " , and (b) in paragraph (b), before "suppliers" insert " generators, " . (3) In subsection (2) (definition of "complaints"), before "electricity suppliers" insert " electricity generators, " .
Large and complex commercial and industrial buildings In March 2021, we published a consultation package on a proposed performance-based energy rating that will become mandatory for some buildings larger than 1,000m² in the coming years.387 Large buildings account for 64% of energy consumed by non-domestic buildings in England and Wales. 398 The consultation sets out the government's proposals to reduce carbon emissions in this portion of the building stock, by recognising and rewarding actual improvements in energy and carbon performance for the first time. The strategy paper proposes a phased roll-out, starting with commercial offices in England and Wales. The government's proposal is to use the performance-based approach to set sector-by-sector energy reduction targets which will be in line with the reductions required to meet our carbon budgets. Progress against these targets will be tracked on an annual basis. By structuring the policy in this way, we can provide building owners and businesses with visibility over the rate of progress that will be required out to 2050 to make a building compatible with Net Zero. The government aims to identify appropriate sector-level targets when ratings are rolled out to other commercial and industrial sectors and building types, subject to further sector-specific consultations.
10 U.K. If the national authorities consider there are special circumstances which make it right for a person who has ceased to be a member to receive compensation, the Committee must pay the person such compensation as the national authorities may determine.
8.5 Food and agriculture sector Agriculture is part of the food system that covers the entire value chain encompassing the production, processing, sale and consumption of food. For the 2050 time horizon, Switzerland is pursuing the fol- lowing objectives to achieve the overarching net-zero goal on greenhouse gas emissions: 2050 targets:
The implementation of the planned measures will be on the path of Austria Bring back the necessary CO2 reduction and effectively contribute to ecological change and contribute to the preservation of biological diversity. In this way Austria becomes one
The Government introduced a Green Gas Levy to help fund the use of greener fuels, increase the Climate Change Levy that businesses pay on gas, and reopen and extend the Climate Change Agreement scheme by two years. This will accelerate the greening of the gas grid. The government will consult on introducing levy-funded support for biomethane production to increase the proportion of green gas in the grid.
In this context, it is still necessary to reinforce the sink role of forests and other land uses, with effective agroforestry management being a determining factor for achieving the goal of neutrality in 2050.
The development of a green hydrogen production industry in Portugal has the potential to build up a new economic ecosystem, combined with the enormous potential for decarbonization. The full realization of this opportunity, based on a strategic medium-term vision that aggregates and, above all, mobilizes, is our goal. The new energy model currently underway towards carbon neutrality represents a unique opportunity for Portugal, which will make possible to transform the national economy in a logic of sustainable development based on a democratic and fair model, which promotes civilizational progress, technological advancement, job creation and prosperity, wealth creation, territorial cohesion together with the preservation of natural resources. In this sense, the path to decarbonization of the economy is both an opportunity for investment and employment. >>>> HYDROGEN WILL FACILITATE AND ACCELERATE THE ENERGY TRANSITION IN VARIOUS SECTORS, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON TRANSPORT AND INDUSTRY, AT THE SAME TIME THAT STRENGTHENS THE ECONOMY.
15. Biomass will also be an important component of our pathway to net zero. It is likely that the UK will be producing more domestic perennial energy crops (such as miscanthus and short rotation coppice) and short rotation forestry than today, but the exact role is yet to be determined. The Biomass Strategy, due in 2022, will look to address this. The sustainability, and wider environmental impact of growing and using biomass, including on air quality, will be key factors in establishing its role. 16. By 2050, we will have met the 25 Year Environment Plan (25YEP) commitments to eliminate all avoidable waste, including plastic, and to double resource productivity.81 A circular economy will be part of everyday life: reusing, repairing, and remanufacturing goods will be standard practice. Goods will be designed to last for longer and be more efficient. At end of life, the vast majority of products will be sent for recycling, with food, garden, and dry materials collected separately and used as lower carbon inputs for new products. Producer responsibility schemes will be embedded across the economy. Any non-recyclable residual waste will be treated to enable the processing of waste into valuable outputs, such as energy. Where possible, these processes would include carbon capture and storage. (See the Power chapter for more on energy from waste.) Only where no such treatment is possible may landfill be permitted. Resources and waste, and F-gases
Carbon neutrality by 2050 is economically and technologically viable, and is based on a reduction of emissions between 85% and 90% by 2050, compared to 2005, and in a compensation of the remaining emissions through of the sink provided by land use and forests. The path to neutrality allows
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Reforestation, revegetation and afforestation will receive increased government funding, as well as efforts to reclaim drained wetlands. Efforts in land use should result in greatly increased uptake of carbon from the atmosphere, which is essential for Iceland's aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040.
This Act implements the Withdrawal Agreement, as agreed between the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU). The Act is required to implement the Withdrawal Agreement for it to have domestic legal effect and to enable the UK Government to ratify the Withdrawal Agreement. This Act is also the vehicle for the Government to give effect to the EEA EFTA Separation Agreement between the UK and Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, and the Swiss Citizens’ Rights Agreement between the UK and Switzerland. The Act provides for the direct application of the Withdrawal Agreement provisions in domestic law where relevant, whilst also recognising the sovereignty of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act amends the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 to ensure it reflects the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement. The Act also creates powers to make secondary legislation, where appropriate, to enable the Withdrawal Agreement to be implemented domestically. It includes amendments to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 in relation to rights, safeguards and equality of opportunity protections contained in the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement 1998.
All these measures provide for the implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement agreed between the UK and the EU pertaining to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. This Act also includes provision relating to facilitating access for Northern Ireland goods to the market in Great Britain, as well as further provision to ensure no alteration to the arrangements for North-South co-operation can occur as a result of this Act.
4.3.8.2 Arrangement to reduce emissions in the processing industry, 2004 .. : processing industry, 2009 In September 2009, the Ministry of Climate and Environment entered into an agreement with the processing industry that was not covered by the EU ETS. This agreement set a limit for total emis- sions of 6.2 million tonnes CO₂-equivalents per year for the years 2008-2012. The limit equalled a reduction of 44 per cent compared with the emis- sions in 1990. 4.3.8.3 Arrangement to reduce emissions in the
Note on extending the UK ETS first Free Allocation period to 2026 26 September 2024
The UK ETS Authority is consulting operators in the scheme on a proposal to move the start of the second allocation period from 2026 to 2027, extending the current allocation period to include 2026. Operators will receive the consultation from their scheme regulator and have until 11 October to submit responses. The change aims to align changes to Free Allocation with the introduction of the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in 2027. The Authority received a significant number of responses to the Free Allocation Review consultation indicating a preference for this alignment to ensure a consistent approach to carbon leakage mitigation. The Authority will ensure that any changes made to Free Allocation rules under the Free Allocation Review will be published by the end of 2025, with implementation in 2027.
The Authority is proposing that
The UK Emissions Trading Scheme UK ETS Authority UK Government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for Northern Ireland is seeking views on proposals to alter the free allocation methodology for the stationary sectors to better target those most at risk of carbon leakage and ensure that free allocations are fairly distributed. This will broadly focus on 4 key areas
The consultation is open to all, but will be of particular interest to
This consultation does not apply to NI electricity generators who participate in the EU ETS by virtue of the Ireland Northern Ireland Protocol. See our consultation privacy notice.
c) At the beginning of the third paragraph, the words: &quot;However, in the case of a sale to another organization of low-income housing&quot; are replaced by the words: &quot;In the case of a sale to another organization low-cost housing, other than a low-rent housing company,” and after the word: “notification”, are inserted the words: “by the seller”&gt;; d) After the same third paragraph, a paragraph worded as follows is inserted: &quot;In the case of a sale to a company selling low-cost housing, the purchaser and the seller may decide that the loans are transferred with maintenance of the related guarantees granted by the local authorities, by their groups or by the local chambers of commerce and industry. When they decide to transfer the loans with maintenance of the guarantees, the seller must then approach the guarantor of the loan with a request for the maintenance of the guarantee. The guarantor of the loan announces his decision within three months from the day on which he received the seller&#39;s request. In the absence of opposition within this period of three months, the agreement is deemed to have been given. »;
This Order prescribes units of production for the assessment of the productive capacity of agricultural land situated in Wales and sets out the amount which is to be regarded as the net annual income from each such unit for a year. An assessment of the productive capacity of agricultural land is required in determining whether or not the land in question is a "commercial unit of agricultural land" for the purposes of the succession provisions in the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986. The Order includes net annual income figures for land which is an eligible hectare for the purposes of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.
This publication provides the final estimates of UK territorial greenhouse gas emissions going back to 1990. Estimates are presented by source in February of each year. They are updated each year
The statistics covers emissions that occur within the UKs borders. When emissions are reported by source, emissions are attributed to the sector that emits them directly. When emissions are reported by end-user, energy supply 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.
However, 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 emissions outside the UK associated with UK consumption, however the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs publishes estimates of the UKs carbon footprint 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 into a small number of broad, high level sectors known as National Communication sectors, which are as follows energy supply, business, transport, public, residential, agriculture, industrial processes, land use land use change and forestry LULUCF, and waste management. These high-level sectors are made up of a number of more detailed sectors, which follow the definitions set out by the International Panel on Climate Change IPCC, and which are used in international reporting tables which are submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC every year. A list of corresponding Global Warming Potentials GWPs used 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. 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.
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DESNZ is reviewing its local and regional greenhouse gas emissions statistics. We would like your views to inform our decision making. We are seeking to understand
Depending on available resources, we are considering ways to modify the published materials to ensure they are
We will launch a short survey over summer 2025 alongside these statistics on GOV.UK, so that you can share information on your current and preferred future use of local level emissions data.
If you would like us to let you know once the survey is available, or if you have any views about the statistics in the meantime, please email GreenhouseGas.Statisticsenergysecurity.gov.uk. These statistics provide a breakdown of greenhouse gas emissions across the UK, using nationally available datasets going back to 2005. The main data sources are the UK National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory NAEI and the DESNZ Official Statistics on energy consumption for local authority areas. All emissions included in the national inventory are covered except those from aviation, shipping and military transport, for which there is no obvious basis for allocation to local areas, and emissions of fluorinated gases, for which suitable data are not available to estimate these emissions at a local level. Publications
In addition, the NAEI publishes interactive local authority level emissions maps on behalf of DESNZ. Users can zoom in to any UK local authority, see the emissions for the area and identify the significant point sources, such as iron and steel plants. The data can be filtered by sector, and to see how emissions have changed across the time series. Air pollution data are also available on a local authority basis which looks at a number of gases that cause air pollution. The greenhouse gases which are presented in the emissions reports above are also considered air pollutants. A number of activities contribute to both air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions. Other activities that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions do not contribute to air pollutant emissions and vice versa. This is an Accredited Official Statistics publication and complies with the Code of Practice for Statistics. Please check our frequently asked questions or email GreenhouseGas.Statisticsenergysecurity.gov.uk if you have any questions or comments about the information on this page.
vertical, it must be independent at least in terms of its legal form, organization and decision-making in relation to other activities not related to distribution. This rule does not create an obligation to separate ownership of assets belonging to the operator
Under the UNFCCC, the EU and its Member States have taken a joint emission reduction target to reduce its GHG emissions by at least 20 % compared to 1990 by 2020, with a conditional offer to move to a 30% reduction, provided that other developed countries commit themselves to comparable emission reductions and developing countries contribute adequately according to their responsibilities and respective capabilities. This is documented in the UNFCCC revised notes on the "Compilation of economy-wide emission reduction targets to be implemented by Parties included in Annex I to the Convention"?
In November 2020 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson outline a Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution. One of the stated aims of the plan is to create 250,000 jobs in the UK. The plan sets out a number of commitments and targets in the following areas: 1. Offshore wind 2. Hydrogen 3. Nuclear 4. Electric Vehicles 5. Public Transport 6. Jet zero and greener maritime 7. Homes and public buildings 8. Carbon capture 9. Nature 10. Innovation and finance Additional detail on the implementation of the plan is provided in subsequent strategy documents issued by the UK Government, including Buil Back Better: Our Plan for Growth, published by the UK Treasury in March 2021
Costs recovery E+W+N.I. 17 (1) Provision under paragraph 12 may include provision for an administrator, by notice, to require a person on whom a discretionary requirement is imposed to pay the costs incurred by the administrator in relation to the imposition of the discretionary requirement up to the time of its imposition. E+W+N.I. (2) In sub-paragraph (1), the reference to costs includes in particular- (a) investigation costs; (b) administration costs; (c) costs of obtaining expert advice (including legal advice). (3) Provision under this paragraph must secure that, in any case where a notice requiring payment of costs is served- (a) the notice specifies the amount required to be paid; (b) the administrator may be required to provide a detailed breakdown of that amount; (c) the person required to pay costs is not liable to pay any costs shown by the person to have been unnecessarily incurred; (d) the person required to pay costs may appeal against- (i) the decision of the administrator to impose the requirement to pay costs; (ii) the decision of the administrator as to the amount of those costs. (4) Provision under this paragraph may include the provision referred to in paragraph 16(1)(b) and (c) and (2). (5) Provision under this paragraph must secure that the administrator is required to publish guidance about how the administrator will exercise the power conferred by the provision.
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of the total amount of municipal waste produced, 72% of municipal waste was sent to landfills, and 24% of municipal waste was sent for recovery. The remaining 4% consists of quantities of temporarily stored waste. In the period from 1997 to 2010, the quantities of landfilled biodegradable municipal waste increase with the increase in the quantities of biodegradable municipal waste produced. From 2011 onwards, despite the recorded increase in the quantities produced, the quantities sent to landfills have nevertheless declined as a result of the implementation of measures for separate collection of municipal waste and the construction of two waste management centers. The amount of biodegradable municipal waste produced in 2017 was 1,091,066 tonnes. The amount of biodegradable municipal waste sent to landfills for 2017 amounts to 801,238 tonnes. In 2017, separate collection of bio-waste increased by 2% compared to 2016, and is amounted to 13%, as in previous year. About 11% of bio-waste produced is being forwarded to recovery (composting, anaerobic digestion), while the rest ends up in landfills. The recycling rate in 2017 is 24%.
Additional emissions reductions of 26 Mton-CO₂ eq. with the existing policies (WEM) or 27 MtonCO₂ eq. with the additional policies (WAM) are projected for the period 2020-2030. CO₂ emissions will fall by 24 Mton- and 25 Mton-CO₂ eq. respectively. Under both policy variants, non-CO₂ emissions will fall by 2.3 Mton-CO₂ eq. All measures taken together will bring about a reduction of the total greenhouse gas emissions in the period 2018-2020 of 18 Mton CO₂-eq. (13%) for both policy variants (WEM and WAM) (see Table 5.5). This reduction will be achieved mainly in CO₂ emissions. -4. Assessment of the aggregate effects of policies and measures and uncertainty analysis
National Climate Change Strategy for Turkey was approved by the Higher Plan- ning Council and took effect in May 3rd 2010. The National Vision in this strat- egy is defined as follows: "Turkey's national vision within the scope of "climate change" is to become a country fully integrating climate change-related objectives into its develop- ment policies, disseminating energy efficiency, increasing the use of clean and renewable energy resources, actively participating in the efforts for tackling climate change within its "special circumstances", and providing its citizens with a high quality of life and welfare with low-carbon intensity." STRATEGIC TARGETS
These Regulations amend the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012 to effect a change as a consequence of the amendment of Directive 2009/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on Stage II petrol vapour recovery during refuelling of motor vehicles at service stations by Commission Directive (EU) 2014/99. Regulation 32(1)(b) of the 2012 Regulations requires the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to ensure that permits for vehicle refuelling activities contain the conditions necessary to ensure compliance with the Petrol Vapour Recovery Directive. The 2014 Directive amends the Petrol Vapour Recovery Directive to require the efficiency to capture systems to be determined in accordance with a new European Standard.