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The UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget level should be set at 535 MtCO2e, an 87% reduction against 1990 levels.
This country has a prosperous and secure future ahead.
The fossil fuel age is over – it’s time to electrify the United Kingdom.
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📉 This year, we advised on the Seventh Carbon Budget which covers 2038 - 2042 and sets a limit of 535 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
⚡ Electrification makes up 60% of emissions reductions by 2040.
🌍 A carbon budget is a cap on the amount of greenhouse gases the UK can emit over a five-year period.
👏 So far, the UK has met all three carbon budgets. Three more are already set in law, mapping out the UK’s decarbonisation path until 2037.
Chair of the CCC @topnigel and CEO Emma Pinchbeck are kicking off the year by giving evidence about our Seventh Carbon Budget advice to the @CommonsEAC on Wednesday.
See how our advice on where emissions reduction should happen has evolved over time and key things to know👇
For his incredible contribution to tackling climate change, Committee member Professor Piers Forster has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours 2026🏆
Read our statement:
theccc.org.uk/2025/12/30/pro…
Climate Change Committee retweeted
The Deputy First Minister @huw4Ogmore welcomed Baroness Brown, the Chair of the @theCCCuk Adaptation Committee, to Cardiff yesterday, to discuss the Committee’s upcoming Well-Adapted UK report and how Wales is preparing for climate change.
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Climate Change Committee retweeted
The Senedd has agreed to set Wales’s fourth carbon budget (2031-35) at an average reduction of 73%, in line with @theCCCuk advice. It also agreed to achieve the third carbon budget (2026-30) through domestic action, setting the carbon credit limit at 0%.
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ALT Wales is staying the course on net zero Over the last 10 years, Wales has risen to the challenge and met statutory emissions targets on the journey to net zero. We’re already more than a third of the way there and are seeing the benefits, like cleaner air and warmer homes.
Climate Change Committee retweeted
4 °C of global warming cannot be ruled out by the end of the century, @theCCCuk has warned.
Richard Millar of @theCCCuk says that's a change "on the same scale as the changes between the current climate...& the last ice age."👇
Missed the session?👉ow.ly/ScZv50XtVKU
Climate Change Committee retweeted
“I’m concerned with the fracturing of political consensus [around net zero targets]... but it's not game over"
Climate Change Committee chair Nigel Topping says he wants to meet with all the party leaders to discuss the issue of net zero
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Climate Change Committee retweeted
The @WelshGovernment has just proposed the level of Carbon Budget 4 (2031-35), accepting @theCCCUK’s advice to aim for a 73% reduction compared to emissions in 1990. Check out our article for more context 📉
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Climate Change Committee retweeted
Our new inquiry will examine the @theCCCuk’s advice on the UK’s next carbon budget.
We’ll be looking its modelling, technology choices and costs, as well as how it’ll engage the public and support behaviour change.
Share your views 👇
Our response to the Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero👇
theccc.org.uk/publication/le…
We’re delighted to announce the appointment of Nigel Topping CMG the new Chair of the Committee from 23 July. Read the announcement here ⬇️ theccc.org.uk/2025/07/22/nig…
We make recommendations to Government about what needs to be done in the report - starting with a clear adaptation target that we can measure and monitor.
Estimates suggest that unchecked climate change could impact UK economic output by up to 7% of GDP by 2050, creating challenges for driving sustainable long-term growth across the country.
Heat-related deaths already occur in the thousands each year but could rise several times over to exceed 10,000 in an average year by 2050. This increase is driven by the effect of climate change on a growing aging population, which is increasingly vulnerable to extreme heat.
Over a third of railway and road kilometres are currently at flood risk, predicted to rise to around half by 2050. Extreme heat also disrupts infrastructure systems via rail buckling and power line sagging.
6.3 million properties in England are in areas at risk of flooding from rivers, the sea, and surface water. This is predicted to rise to around 8 mil (1 in 4) by 2050. Steadily rising sea levels at the UK’s coasts will increase the risk of flooding and exacerbate coastal erosion.
Over half of England’s top quality agricultural land is at risk of flooding today, with a further increase in total agriculture land at risk expected by 2050. Climate change also poses a major threat to UK biodiversity, at a time when it is degrading rapidly.