Departmental report : 2006-07 / Dept. of Trade and Industry ; presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

  • Great Britain. Department of Trade and Industry
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2007
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Credit: Departmental report : 2006-07 / Dept. of Trade and Industry ; presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SR04 PSA 4 - Energy Assessment of progress: set out by sub-target below CAMT-Yo mnie} a a come(-lihiiclandal-me(ey-] menm lacie pv ereni (ea (i) Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 12.5% from 1990 levels in line with our Kyoto commitment and to move towards a 20% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions below 1990 levels by 2010, through measures including energy efficiency and renewables. Joint with the Department for stay val colalaalclarem acerelemrclarem ateleclay-Var-liacw-lacem BX-)ey-1aceat-]0lqnce) am ig-lal] cleat (ii) Maintain the reliability of energy supplies; (iii)Eliminate fuel poverty in vulnerable households in England by 2010 in line with the Government's Fuel Poverty Strategy objective. Joint with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; 2.292 The Government remains on course to deliver on the security of supply and competitiveness targets, and on the greenhouse gas component of the climate change target. Meeting the carbon dioxide emissions and fuel poverty targets, however, remains extremely challenging. Action to address slippage “Meeting the Energy Challenge”'9 outlines an ambitious, evidence-based package of measures, building on the proposals and conclusions in our 2006 Energy Review.120 The measures it contains will result in: e carbon savings of between 23 and 33 million tonnes of carbon (MtC) in 2020 (including the effect of EU Emissions Trading); e electricity consumption being 8-15% lower in 2020 and gas consumption up to 15 billion cubic metres lower (roughly 13% of projected demand); e an improvement in the energy efficiency of our economy by around 10% between now and 2020, over and above the 25% improvement we already expect over that period; and e new initiatives to taking around 200,000 households in the UK out of fuel poverty. The newly created Office of Climate Change will co-ordinate climate change activity across Government to provide a shared resource for analysis and development of climate change policy and strategy, and will be a key resource to help achieve the challenging targets set to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
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