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The UK Government has committed under the Climate Change Act (2008), to reducing emissions of the basket of six Kyoto 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, which currently account for around 20% of the UK’s total emission.
Each of the devolved administrations has in the last year, confirmed their climate change targets and set out strategies for meeting emission reductions. The effort achieved by each of the devolved administrations contributes to the UK’s total climate change target:
In 2010, the Scottish Government made its target for a 42% reduction in emissions by 2020 and its series of annual targets from 2010-2022 legally binding. In March this year, it also outlined the range of confirmed policies and policy proposals to meet targets.
The Welsh Government published its climate change strategy in October 2010, which confirmed a target to reduce emissions by 3% each year from 2011 in areas of devolved competence and a target to reduce all emissions by 40% by 2020.
Earlier this year, the Northern Ireland Executive published its greenhouse gas action plan. This outlines how each department in the Executive will contribute towards meeting the target to reduce emissions by 25% relative to 1990 by 2025.
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