The Climate Change Committee (CCC) on 12th October, provided an update on the UK's progress towards its emissions reduction targets in 2030 and 2050. Their assessment highlights some positive policy developments but also increased risks of missing the targets following…
Last year, the UK felt the real impact of climate change, with the summer temperature going up to peak at 40oC. These record-breaking temperatures resulted in a significant number of heat-related deaths, wildfires, and substantial disruption to infrastructure. Meanwhile, the…
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) last week released its monumental report “The Sixth Carbon Budget: The UK’s Path to Net Zero”, which explores five different scenarios that could successfully deliver the government’s carbon neutrality target by 2050. The report’s favoured…
ADBA calls on PM to commit to biogas as he vows to tackle climate change ahead of COP26 UK anaerobic digestion (AD) trade association highlights the contribution the AD and biogas industry can make in achieving the UK Net Zero…
Today the CCC has published its report on carbon neutrality, which calls for net zero emissions by 2050, to end the UK’s contribution to global warming and fully meet the country commitments under the Paris Agreement. The report acknowledges the…
Together with the report on biomass, the CCC has published a paper on Land use: Reducing emissions and preparing for climate change. While this first paper makes a diagnosis of the current situation and future scenarios, another report is expected to…
Today, the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC’s) has issued two new reports, one on land use and another on biomass. To read ADBA’s reaction to the reports, click here. Biomass in a low-carbon economy is a comprehensive workpiece on current…
The Committee on Climate Change has today issued its tenth Progress Report to Parliament. You can download the report here. The Report singles out two notable successes – both of which the anaerobic digestion industry has contributed to. These are…
Earlier in the week we submitted our response to the Committee on Climate Change’s call for evidence on the 2018 Bioenergy Review. You can read our submission here. Thank you to those ADBA members who got in touch with the…
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) is conducting a call for evidence to inform its updated Bioenergy Review, which it is expecting to publish in Autumn 2018. The CCC are interested in seeing evidence on sustainability of bioenergy, lifecycle emissions, resource availability…
