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The UK Government has committed under the Climate Change Act (2008), to reducing emissions of all greenhouse gases (GHGs) by at least 80% in 2050 in order to tackle climate change. This target was based on advice provided by the CCC in the report “Building a low-carbon economy”. The 80% target includes those emissions produced within the Devolved Administrations - Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own climate change strategies and set their own targets. The effort achieved by each of the Devolved Administrations contributes to the UK’s total climate change target. Part of the Committee’s role, as specified by the Climate Change Act (2008), is to take into account the differences in circumstances between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland when preparing advice on carbon budgets, and also to provide independent analysis where required to the Devolved Administrations to aid in the development of their national climate change strategies. The Committee is responsible to the Ministers for the Environment in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. In the Committee’s December 2008 report, we analysed what could be achieved in terms of emissions reductions in the Devolved Administrations and also analysed emissions trends. This did not include the development of separate carbon budgets for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. However, the analysis has been used by the Devolved Administrations in designing their climate change strategies. The CCC continues to work closely with the Devolved Administrations in providing advice and information on climate change generally and in relation to their own targets and policies; in particular, the Committee delivered a report to the Scottish Government in February 2010 on the highest achievable emissions reduction target for Scotland in 2020, and suitable annual emissions targets, and also advised the Welsh Assembly Government during the development of its Climate Change Strategy, which is due later in 2010. |
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