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Letter: Northern Ireland’s Climate Change Bill

Tom Dooks — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 13:46:14 +0000

This is a letter from Lord Deben, Chairman of the CCC to Edwin Poots MLA, Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs following the passing of Northern Ireland’s Climate Change Bill.

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Letter: Costs associated with achieving Net Zero by 2050 in Northern Ireland

James Lees — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:43:43 +0000

This is a letter from Chris Stark, CCC Chief Exec, to Colin Breen, Director of Environmental Policy at the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) about the costs of achieving Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 in Northern Ireland.

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Letter: Change of emissions reporting practice – Northern Ireland Executive

James Lees — Fri, 14 May 2021 13:45:51 +0000

Letter from Chris Stark, Chief Executive of the Climate Change Committee, to Kevin Hegarty, Director of Clean Growth and Climate Action at the Northern Ireland Executive about a change in the reporting practice for inclusion of the greenhouse gas emissions inventory for Northern Ireland in the annual UK-wide Progress Report to Parliament.

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Letter: Economic costs of setting and delivering a 2050 emissions target for Northern Ireland

Tom Dooks — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 16:16:55 +0000

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Letter: Lord Deben, Climate Change Committee to Edwin Poots MLA

Tom Dooks — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 00:01:16 +0000

This is a letter from Lord Deben, Chairman of the CCC in response to Minister Poots request in February 2020 for advice relating to Northern Ireland’s fair contribution to the UK Net Zero target and reductions by 2030, as well as additional correspondence with your officials.

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Reducing emissions in Northern Ireland

CCC Secretariat — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:05:55 +0000

In this report, the Committee sets out how Northern Ireland can reduce its greenhouse gas emissions between now and 2030 in order to meet UK-wide climate change targets.

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Lord Deben writes to Devolved Administrations about Business Energy Tax Review and CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme

CCC Secretariat — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 17:32:24 +0000

This letter is from Lord Deben, Chairman of the Committee on Climate Change, to Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Lesley Griffiths AM and Noel Lavery. It contains the Committee’s latest advice on the impact of the Business Energy Tax Review and the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme.

The net impact of the new package is to provide a small reduction in emissions. An instrument – the CRC – that might have been used to produce further emissions reductions has, however, been lost.
There is potential for DAs to use reporting schemes to go further, but it would be best that this is done as co-operatively as possible with UK proposals for Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting to ensure the greatest harmonisation of requirements.
There is also potential for further ambition in the public sector, including through the devolved reporting schemes.

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The appropriateness of a Northern Ireland Climate Change Act (2015 update)

CCC Secretariat — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 10:32:58 +0000

In October 2015 the Northern Ireland Executive Minister asked the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) to provide an update on a CCC report produced in 2011 on the appropriateness of a Northern Ireland Climate Change Act.

The intention is that this new report will be included in an evidence paper to be submitted in January 2016 on the case for bringing forward Northern Ireland climate change legislation in the next Assembly term.

To determine whether a Northern Ireland Climate Change Act would be appropriate, the Committee considered:

where the pattern of emissions in Northern Ireland differs to that in the UK as a whole, as well as other areas such as fuel poverty and the individual circumstances of the Northern Ireland energy market
the administrative and associated costs of putting in place new legislation

The Committee concludes that:

the range of circumstances that are unique to Northern Ireland suggest local legislation is appropriate
the benefits of specific legislation only outweigh the costs if it is possible to pass local legislation without adding undue additional costs on to the Northern Ireland Executive, ministries or the wider economy

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The appropriateness of a Northern Ireland Climate Change Act – Northern Ireland Report

CCC Migration — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:36:30 +0000

This report assesses the appropriateness of a legally-binding emission reduction targets for Northern Ireland.

It considers the current emissions profile in Northern Ireland and recent trends, the existing legislative and policy framework and opportunities and challenges in reducing emissions.

It concludes that legislation could be helpful in driving the emissions reductions in Northern Ireland.

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