The Committee On Climate Change's Recommendations For The Net Zero Economy

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has published its eagerly-anticipated advice to the UK Government on the UK's long-term climate change targets and has made a series of bold recommendations as to the steps that need to be taken in order to meet those targets as the UK transitions towards a net zero carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions economy.

Although the CCC has no legislative or policy-making powers, it is a statutory body and is particularly influential. As a result, its recommendations are certain to be observed very closely by senior Ministers and will shape policy in the short-term.

Awareness of climate change is at a high - in the past month alone there have been ten days of environmental protests in London; a highly acclaimed visit to the UK by international climate ambassador Greta Thunberg; and last night, Members of Parliament passed a motion declaring an "environment and climate emergency".