Building a low-carbon economy – the UK’s contribution to tackling climate change - Climate Change Committee (original) (raw)

2. Individual chapters

Part I: The 2050 target

1. Setting a 2050 target

2. Meeting a 2050 target

Part II: Setting and meeting the first three budgets

3. The first three budgets: summary analysis and recommendations

4. Carbon markets and carbon prices

5. Decarbonising electricity generation

6. Energy use in buildings and industry

7. Reducing domestic transport emissions

Part III: Extending the carbon budget framework?

8. International aviation and shipping

9. Non CO2 greenhouse gases

Part IV: Wider economic and social considerations

10. Competitiveness challenges and opportunities

11. Economic costs and fiscal implications

12. Fuel poverty implications

13. Energy security of supply

14. Differences in national circumstances

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4. Technical appendices

Chapter 1: Projecting global emissions, concentrations and temperatures

• Projecting global emissions, concentrations and temperatures
• Technical appendix

Chapter 2:

• Integrated assessment modelling

Chapter 3: The First Three Budgets

• Alternative reference projections: DECC Energy and Emissions model and Cambridge Econometrics MDM-E3
• The Committee on Climate Change reference emissions projections

Chapter 5: Decarbonising electricity generation

• Cost of decarbonising power sector

Chapter 6: Energy Use in Buildings and Industry

• Social Research Note
• EEU Technical Annex

Chapter 7: Reducing Domestic Transport Emissions

• Transport Technical Annex
• Building a UK Transport Supply-side Marginal Abatement Cost Curve

Chapter 14: Differences in National Circumstances

• Disaggregating UK reference emissions projections and abatement potential