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United Kingdom Climate Change Programme
Summary
The United Kingdom's Climate Change Programme was launched in November 2000 by the British government in response to its commitment agreed at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The 2000 programme was updated in March 2006 following a review launched in September 2004.
In 2008, the UK was the world's 9th greatest producer of man-made carbon emissions, producing around 1.8% of the global total generated from fossil fuels.
Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom
The aims of the programme are not only to cut all greenhouse gas emissions by the agreed 12.5% from 1990 levels in the period 2008 to 2012 (the international Kyoto commitment), but to go beyond this by cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 20% from 1990 levels by 2010.
When the original programme was published in 2000, it confirmed that UK emissions were already forecast to be around 15% lower by 2010.
As of March 2006, government projections were in line with the official energy policy of the United Kingdom) so that, by 2010, the UK will have reduced its carbon dioxide emissions by about 15-18% below 1990 levels, thus missing the government's internal target but achieving its Kyoto Protocol target, with a projected reduction of emissions from the basket of all greenhouse gases (including carbon dioxide) of about 23-25% from 1990 levels.
The stated strategies of the 2000 programme were to:
Improve business’ use of energy, stimulate investment and cut costs;
Stimulate new, more efficient sources of power generation;
Cut emissions from the transport sector;
Promote better energy efficiency in the domestic sector, saving householders money;
Improve the energy efficiency requirements of the building regulations;
Continue cutting emissions from agriculture;
Ensure the public sector took a leading role.
The following are among the actions taken to implement the strategy:
Climate Change Act 2008
On 26 November 2008, after cross-party pressure over several years, led by environmental groups, the Climate Change Act became law.
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