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United Kingdom Climate Change Bill |
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United Kingdom Climate Change Bill came into being in 13th March, 2007. It was basically a draft law that aimed to make United Kingdom a low carbon economy. Significant amount of pressure from environmental groups assisted in creation and introduction of this bill.
United Kingdom Climate Change Bill was introduced on 13th March, 2007. It may be described as a draft law whose primary aim is to make United Kingdom a low carbon economy. United Kingdom Climate Change Bill was primarily introduced as a result of considerable pressure by various environmental groups in UK.
This bill is supposed to provide ministers in UK with authority necessary for improving emissions reduction scenario. They would be able to implement measures like personal carbon trading in order to curb carbon emissions that would help them to achieve their carbon emission reduction goals.
Committee on Climate Change
A Committee on Climate Change was supposed to be set up as per United Kingdom Climate Change Bill. This committee was supposed to provide important advice related to reduction of carbon emission. In recent times, Hilary Benn, who is Environment Secretary of UK, has discussed with Committee on Climate Change regarding feasibility of reduction of carbon by 80%.
Targets of Carbon Emission
UK government has been aiming to reduce carbon emissions at a rate of 60%. They have been aiming to achieve this goal for a considerable period of time now. This figure was assumed as a result of recommendation by Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. These suggestions were made by the said committee in their report entitled “Energy – The Changing Environment”, which came out in June 2000.
As per recommendations of Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, these goals were supposed to be achieved by 2050. It was assumed that concentration of carbon dioxide in atmosphere could be limited to 550 parts per million. This was supposed to have limited rise in global temperatures to 2 degree Celsius and prevented global warming to certain extent.
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution also opined that 80% reduction should be achieved by 2100. They were also of the opinion that set limits of carbon concentration should be reviewed constantly as well.
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