Reducing the UK Carbon Footprint

Introduction

Whilst UK greenhouse gas emissions measured on a production basis have been falling, there is clear evidence that the UK’s carbon footprint (consumption emissions: production emissions netting off emissions embedded in exports but adding in emissions embedded in imports) are higher and have been rising.

Towards the end of  2012 , the Government asked the UK Committee on Climate Change to consider the role of consumption-based emissions in future policy making. This follows on from a report by the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee, which set out consumption-based emissions have increased and recommended that DECC should explore options for incorporating consumption-based emissions data into the policy-making process.

At this seminar  the CCC presented  an overview of  its analysis and policy conclusions .

The report is available on the CCC website.