Climate change & energy

Action in the UK - The UK Climate Change Programme

The Climate Change Programme, published in 2006, sets out our policies and priorities for action in the UK and internationally. We also made a commitment to introduce an annual report to Parliament. Subsequently, the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 placed an obligation on us to report to Parliament on greenhouse gas emissions in the UK and action taken by Government to reduce these emissions. For more details on the Act, see: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts2006/60019--a.htm#2

UK Climate Change Programme Annual Report 2007Annual Report to Parliament

The second annual report was published and laid before Parliament on Thursday 17 July 2008.

The first annual report was published and laid before Parliament on 26 July 2007.

UK Climate Change Programme 2006

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Supporting documents

The Programme is supported by a Regulatory Impact Assessment which looks at the overall costs and benefits of the package.

Work was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of the policies and measures contained in the 2000 version of the Climate Change Programme as well as appraising the impact of the proposed new policies contained in the 2006 Climate Change Programme:

This work was undertaken by a group of analysts from across Government using standard technical guidelines to promote consistency:

Earlier documents

The original UK Climate Change Programme was published in November 2000:

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