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The UK govt has formally issued draft legislation, making its 78% by 2035 climate goal into law
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348222616/contents
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348222616/contents
It does not (yet) legislate to include international aviation and shipping in the budget, but additional regulations on that will follow
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348222616/pdfs/ukdsiem_9780348222616_en.pdf
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348222616/pdfs/ukdsiem_9780348222616_en.pdf
for reference, here's Article 30 of the Climate Change Act under which international aviation and shipping will be included
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/27/section/30
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/27/section/30
The UK's 78% by 2035 target will avoid 6bn tonnes of CO2e over 30 years and will be a net benefit to the UK economy worth £266bn
That's according to the govt "impact assessment" on the measure
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2021/18/pdfs/ukia_20210018_en.pdf
That's according to the govt "impact assessment" on the measure
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2021/18/pdfs/ukia_20210018_en.pdf
There's a great thread on the impact assessment here from @timbolord https://twitter.com/timbolord/status/1385309820232798209?s=20
Blimey, the UK govt expects the country's electricity system to be 95-99% zero carbon by 2035
That's 14 years from now
Its modelling includes up to 75% from wind and solar alone
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2021/18/pdfs/ukia_20210018_en.pdf
That's 14 years from now
Its modelling includes up to 75% from wind and solar alone
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2021/18/pdfs/ukia_20210018_en.pdf
Interesting to see that the UK govt does not expect hydrogen to be used widely for heating, in its core modelling pathway to cutting emissions 78% by 2035
(it does model an alternative "high resource" pathway where hydrogen heat is widespread)
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2021/18/pdfs/ukia_20210018_en.pdf
(it does model an alternative "high resource" pathway where hydrogen heat is widespread)
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2021/18/pdfs/ukia_20210018_en.pdf
A key issue for hydrogen heat is that low-carbon hydrogen isn't expected to be available at scale by the mid-2030s, according to the UK govt
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2021/18/pdfs/ukia_20210018_en.pdf
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2021/18/pdfs/ukia_20210018_en.pdf
Also interesting to see UK govt modelling finding that blue hydrogen is needed, but only in the "short to medium term" before truly zero-carbon supplies become available at large scale and lower cost
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2021/18/pdfs/ukia_20210018_en.pdf
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2021/18/pdfs/ukia_20210018_en.pdf
