Climate Change Committee

Today the government announced it will be planning for a minimum of 2C of warming by 2050 and committed to setting stronger, measurable objectives for climate adaptation. The Committee's response is below. Baroness Brown, Chair of the Adaptation Committee

Today Parliament agreed the level for the Seventh Carbon Budget, setting a legally binding target of 87% emissions reduction in the period 2038-42, in line with the Committee's advice. Nigel Topping CMG, Chair of the Climate Change Committee, said: "I war

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has today published its annual assessment of the government's progress in reducing emissions. It warns that households are facing higher energy bills because the UK is not electrifying fast enough. Overall emissions fell

Today the Government has set out its proposed level for the Seventh Carbon Budget, which sets a target of 87% emissions reduction in the period 2038-42, in line with the Committee's advice. This was formally laid before Parliament. The Committee's respons

Professor Hayley Fowler and Professor Piers Forster have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society. Professor Fowler has served on the Adaptation Committee since February 2025, and Professor Forster has been a member of the Mitigation Committee since Dece

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The Climate Change Committee (CCC) today publishes A Well-Adapted UK. This new report sets out a comprehensive package of solutions to address the growing impacts of climate change affecting every aspect of life in the UK. The country's independent climat

There are three new appointments to the Committee. Ministers in the UK and the Devolved Governments have appointed Professor Laura Díaz Anadón, Emily Norton and Professor Andrew Jordan. They have all been appointed for a term of five years, which will com

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has released a new report to complement its 2025 advice on the UK's Seventh Carbon Budget. The independent, statutory body tested its cost and energy security conclusions against different scenarios. It found that the to

The Climate Change Committee (CCC)'s latest assessment of the Scottish Government's progress in reducing emissions found that there are 'credible plans' and 'plans with only some risks' in place for 91% of the emissions reduction needed to achieve Scotlan