Corporate report

The Carbon Plan - reducing greenhouse gas emissions

The government's plans for achieving the emissions reductions it has committed to, including actions and milestones.

• From: Department of Energy & Climate Change
• Published: 1 December 2011
• Last updated: 29 April 2013 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

The Carbon Plan: Delivering our Low Carbon Future

PDF, 4.38 MB, 220 pages

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Carbon Plan Executive Summary (Dec 2011)

PDF, 296 KB, 10 pages

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Carbon Plan Parts 1-3 (Dec 2011)

PDF, 1.97 MB, 103 pages

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Carbon Plan Annex A (Dec 2011)

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Carbon Plan Annex B (Dec 2011)

PDF, 1.88 MB, 71 pages

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Carbon Plan Annex C (Dec 2011)

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Carbon Plan

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Carbon Plan: historical emissions estimates

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Details

First published in December 2011, the Carbon Plan sets out the government’s plans for achieving the emissions reductions it committed to in the first 4 carbon budgets.

Emissions in the UK must, by law, be cut by at least 80% of 1990 levels by 2050. The UK was first to set its ambition in law and the Plan sets out progress to date and assesses cost-effective next steps.

Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the report, and Annex A and Annex B set out the government’s strategy and fulfil the legal obligation to report on what the UK is doing to ensure it meets carbon budgets set in law.

Annex C sets out, department by department, actions and deadlines for the next 5 years.

Quarterly updates on the implementation of the Carbon Plan are available here.

Published 1 December 2011
Last updated 29 April 2013 + show all updates

1. 29 April 2013

   Added Q1 2011 quarterly implementation update

2. 28 January 2013

   Plan update for Q3 2012 added.

3. 1 December 2011

   First published.