Committee On Climate Change

Committee on Climate Change chair tells MPs government must put forward an alternative plan for carbon capture and storage technology in its forthcoming emissions reduction plan

Annual update confirms UK emissions have fallen 4.5 per cent a year over the past three years, but urgent new measures now required to deliver on fifth carbon budget

CCC boss Matthew Bell argues the UK is making encouraging process, but warns the government will soon need to deliver a wide-ranging new decarbonisation plan

Emissions in 2014 were 46 per cent below 1990 levels, significantly exceeding the country's 2020 target of reducing emissions by 42 per cent

EEF's Richard Warren argues there is little reason for industry to be concerned about the impact of an ambitious new carbon budget on competitiveness - in fact it could provide a boost to UK manufacturers

Grantham Institute report claims businesses no less competitive globally as result of climate policies, while IEMA poll reveals 90 per cent backing for Fifth Carbon Budget

20 'Green Tories' write to Prime Minister calling on him to adopt Committee on Climate Change recommendations for post-2030 carbon targets

The government should approve the Fifth Carbon Budget, but any decision needs to be backed by a credible plan for delivery that is currently sorely lacking

'We can see no basis for downgrading the UK's ambition to reduce emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases'

Parliamentary energy and climate change committee urges government to accept binding target to cut emissions 57 per cent against 1990 levels by the early 2030s