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Climate Change Act 2008

Index Climate Change Act 2008

The Climate Change Act 2008 (c 27) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. [1]

57 relations: Ann Widdecombe, Arp, Association for Environment Conscious Building, Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change, Big Ask Campaign, Bryony Worthington, Baroness Worthington, Carbon governance in England, CCRA, Chris Heaton-Harris, Christopher Booker, Climate change and poverty, Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006, Climate Change Bill, Climate change in the United Kingdom, Climate Disclosure Standards Board, Climate legislation, Climate Stewardship Acts, Committee on Climate Change, Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement, CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, Decarbonisation measures in proposed UK electricity market reform, Early day motion, Energy Act 2013, Energy policy of the United Kingdom, English land law, Expansion of Heathrow Airport, Flying Matters, Friends of the Earth (EWNI), Green Investment Group, Greenhouse gas emissions by the United Kingdom, Index of climate change articles, John Gummer, Kyoto Protocol and government action, Lewis Pugh, List of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 2000–present, List of environmental laws by country, Low-carbon economy, Members of the House of Lords, Nap (disambiguation), Personal carbon trading, Peter Truscott, Baron Truscott, Phase-out of lightweight plastic bags, Planning Act 2008, Political positions of David Cameron, Rationing, Scottish Funding Council, Severn Barrage, Tony Juniper, Transport in the United Kingdom, UK Independence Party, ..., United Kingdom constitutional law, United Kingdom enterprise law, United Kingdom environmental law, 2000-watt society, 2007 in the United Kingdom, 2007 Legislative Programme, 2008 in the environment. Expand index (7 more) »

Ann Widdecombe

Ann Noreen Widdecombe, (born 4 October 1947) is a British former politician.

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Arp

Arp or ARP may refer to.

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Association for Environment Conscious Building

The Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB) is the leading network for sustainable building professionals in the United Kingdom.

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Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change

Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change: A Scientific Symposium on Stabilisation of Greenhouse Gases was a 2005 international conference that examined the link between atmospheric greenhouse gas concentration, and the 2 °C (3.6 °F) ceiling on global warming thought necessary to avoid the most serious effects of global warming.

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Big Ask Campaign

The Big Ask was a campaign by Friends of the Earth calling for a new climate change law in the United Kingdom and 15 other EU member states.

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Bryony Worthington, Baroness Worthington

Bryony Katherine Worthington, Baroness Worthington, (born 19 September 1971), is a British environmental campaigner and life peer in the House of Lords.

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Carbon governance in England

The reduction of carbon emissions, along with other greenhouse gases (GHGs), has become a vitally important task of international, national and local actors.

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CCRA

CCRA may refer to.

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Chris Heaton-Harris

Christopher Heaton-Harris (born 28 November 1967) is a British Conservative Party politician.

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Christopher Booker

Christopher John Penrice Booker (born 7 October 1937) is an English journalist and author.

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Climate change and poverty

In an ever-progressing world with an increasing demand for energy and technology, it is difficult to avoid climate change and its impacts on societies both locally and globally.

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Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006

The Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c 19) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which aims to boost the number of heat and electricity microgeneration installations in the United Kingdom, so helping to cut carbon emissions and reduce fuel poverty.

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Climate Change Bill

Climate Change Bill may refer to.

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Climate change in the United Kingdom

Climate in the United Kingdom has been a subject of protests and controversies and various policies have been developed to mitigate its effects.

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Climate Disclosure Standards Board

The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) is a non-profit organization working to provide material information for investors and financial markets through the integration of climate change-related information into mainstream financial reporting.

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Climate legislation

Climate legislation is legislation dealing with the laws and regulations of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Climate Stewardship Acts

The Climate Stewardship Acts are a series of three acts introduced to the United States Senate by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Senator Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT), with a number of other co-sponsors.

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Committee on Climate Change

The Committee on Climate Change is an independent non-departmental public body, formed under the Climate Change Act (2008) to advise the UK and devolved Governments and Parliaments on tackling and preparing for climate change.

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Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement

The Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement (officially known as The Coalition: Our Programme for Government) was a policy document drawn up following the 2010 general election in the United Kingdom.

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CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme

The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (the CRC, formerly the Carbon Reduction Commitment) is a mandatory carbon emissions reduction scheme in the United Kingdom that applies to large energy-intensive organisations in the public and private sectors.

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Decarbonisation measures in proposed UK electricity market reform

The United Kingdom is committed to legally binding greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets of 34% by 2020 and 80% by 2050, compared to 1990 levels, as set out in the Climate Change Act 2008.

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Early day motion

An early day motion (EDM), in the Westminster system, is a motion, expressed as a single sentence, tabled by Members of Parliament that formally calls for debate "on an early day".

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Energy Act 2013

The Energy Act 2013 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, relating to the energy sector.

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Energy policy of the United Kingdom

The current energy policy of the United Kingdom is set out in the Energy White Paper of May 2007 and Low Carbon Transition Plan of July 2009, building on previous work including the 2003 Energy White Paper and the Energy Review Report in 2006.

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English land law

English land law is the law of real property in England and Wales.

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Expansion of Heathrow Airport

The expansion of Heathrow Airport has involved several proposals by Heathrow Airport Holdings and an independent proposal by Heathrow Hub, to increase capacity at Heathrow Airport.

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Flying Matters

Flying Matters was a pro-aviation coalition in the United Kingdom.

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Friends of the Earth (EWNI)

Friends of the Earth (EWNI) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) is one of 70 national groups around the world which make up the Friends of the Earth network of environmental organisations.

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Green Investment Group

Green Investment Group Limited (GIG) is a specialist in green infrastructure principal investment, project delivery and the management of portfolio assets, and related services.

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Greenhouse gas emissions by the United Kingdom

According to official statistics, there has been a reduction in domestic greenhouse gas emissions in the United Kingdom.

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Index of climate change articles

This is a list of climate change topics.

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John Gummer

John Selwyn Gummer, Baron Deben, PC (born 26 November 1939 in Stockport, Cheshire) is a British Conservative Party politician, formerly Member of Parliament (MP) for Suffolk Coastal and now a member of the House of Lords.

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Kyoto Protocol and government action

This article is about the Kyoto Protocol and government action in relation to that treaty.

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Lewis Pugh

Lewis William Gordon Pugh, OIG, (born 5 December 1969) is a British-South African endurance swimmer and ocean advocate.

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List of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 2000–present

This is a list of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from the year 2000 to the present.

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List of environmental laws by country

This article lists the most important national environmental laws by continent and country.

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Low-carbon economy

A low-carbon economy (LCE), low-fossil-fuel economy (LFFE), or decarbonised economy is an economy based on low carbon power sources that therefore has a minimal output of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into the biosphere, but specifically refers to the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.

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Members of the House of Lords

This is a list of members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Nap (disambiguation)

A nap is a short period of sleep.

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Personal carbon trading

Carbon rationing, as a means of reducing CO2 emissions to contain climate change, could take any of several forms.

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Peter Truscott, Baron Truscott

Peter Derek Truscott, Baron Truscott (born 20 March 1959 in Newton Abbot, Devon) is a British petroleum and mining consultant, independent member of the House of Lords and writer.

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Phase-out of lightweight plastic bags

In many countries of the world, there has been a phase-out of lightweight plastic bags.

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Planning Act 2008

The Planning Act 2008 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom intended to speed up the process for approving major new infrastructure projects such as airports, roads, harbours, energy facilities such as nuclear power and waste facilities.

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Political positions of David Cameron

This article concerns the policies, views and voting record of David Cameron, the previous Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 2010 to July 2016.

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Rationing

Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, or services, or an artificial restriction of demand.

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Scottish Funding Council

The Scottish Funding Council (Scottish Gaelic:; SFC), referred to more formally as the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council, is the non-departmental public body charged with funding Scotland's further and higher education institutions, including its 25 colleges and 19 universities.

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Severn Barrage

The Severn Barrage refers to a range of ideas for building a barrage from the English coast to the Welsh coast over the Severn tidal estuary.

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Tony Juniper

Anthony Juniper (born 24 September 1960) is a British campaigner, writer, sustainability advisor and environmentalist who served as Executive Director of Friends of the Earth, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Transport in the United Kingdom

Transport in the United Kingdom is facilitated with road, air, rail, and water networks.

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UK Independence Party

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is a Eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom.

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United Kingdom constitutional law

United Kingdom constitutional law concerns the political governance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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United Kingdom enterprise law

United Kingdom enterprise law concerns the ownership, regulation and potentially competition in the provision of public services, private or mutual companies in the United Kingdom.

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United Kingdom environmental law

United Kingdom environmental law concerns the protection of the environment in the United Kingdom.

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2000-watt society

The 2000-watt society is an environmental vision, first introduced in 1998 by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH Zurich), which pictures the average First World citizen reducing their overall average primary energy usage to no more than 2,000 watts (i.e. 2 kilowatt-hours per hour or 48 kWh per day) by the year 2050, without lowering their standard of living.

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2007 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 2007 in the United Kingdom.

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2007 Legislative Programme

The 2007 Legislative Programme was drawn up by the Government of the United Kingdom for the parliamentary session beginning 6 November 2007 and ending on the 22 July 2008.

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2008 in the environment

This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 2008.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_Change_Act_2008

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