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This briefing is intended to facilitate the Environmental Audit Committee’s further work on climate change.

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This briefing is intended to provide the evidence base to enable the Committee to take forward further work on climate change. The briefing is structured as follows:

  • Part 1 provides the background to climate change policy in the UK;
  • Part 2 describes the sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK, trends and progress towards targets;
  • Part 3 gives an overview of the UK’s current policy instruments designed to mitigate climate change;
  • Part 4 presents a series of options for future Committee inquiries.

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