The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) today published its first Annual Report and Accounts for the period ended 31 March 2009. The CCC is an independent organisation whose role is to advise the UK Government and Devolved Administrations on climate change. The CCC was set up as part of the UK’s Climate Change Act, which came into law on 26 November 2008. The report sets out the progress that has been made by the CCC since its inception, including the advice on the 2050 target and carbon budgets which were published in the CCC’s inaugural report: ‘Building a low-carbon economy in the UK’.  So far, all of its recommendations on climate change have been accepted by Government.
 
The report also summarises the CCC’s business objectives and deliverables for the coming year, including the first progress report to Parliament to be published in October, and a review of UK aviation emissions and policy commissioned by the Department for Transport to be published in December.  It details other analytical work that the CCC will be completing on emissions reduction opportunities in agriculture and business, a review of the UK’s low-carbon Research and Development framework, and advice to be given to the Devolved Administrations in Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales on emissions reduction targets and strategies.

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