Climate Change Committee: The sixth carbon budget – the UK’s path to net zero

The Sixth Carbon Budget report is based on an extensive programme of analysis, consultation and consideration by the Climate Change Committee and its staff, building on the evidence published last year for the Committee’s Net Zero advice.

The report’s recommended pathway requires a 78% reduction in UK territorial emissions between 1990 and 2035. In effect, bringing forward the UK’s previous 80% target by nearly 15 years.

  • The Sixth Carbon Budget can be met through four key steps:
  • Take up of low-carbon solutions.
  • Expansion of low-carbon energy supplies.
  • Reducing demand for carbon-intensive activities.
    Land and greenhouse gas removals.

Climate Change Committee (2020) Sixth Carbon Budget

Download the report from the Climate Change Committee website

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