Reference Number: N/A
Open Date: 2010-07-27
Close Date: 2010-10-05
This is a Call for Evidence, not a formal consultation.
We need a transformation of the UK economy to ensure secure low carbon energy supplies to 2050. We are committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the UK by at least 80% by 2050, relative to 1990 levels. We face major choices about how to move to a secure, low carbon economy over this period. Should we do more to cut demand, or rely more on increasing and decarbonising the energy supply? How will we produce our electricity? Which technologies will we adopt? The Department of Energy and Climate Change and other Government departments have been working hard with stakeholders to work out what this means for the country, for the energy sector and other major emitting sectors, and for individuals.
The analysis in the 2050 Pathways work presents a framework through which to consider some of the choices and trade-offs which we will have to make over the next forty years. It is system-wide, covering all parts of the economy and all greenhouse gas emissions released in the UK. It shows that it is possible for us to meet the 80% emissions reduction target in a range of ways, and allows people to explore the combinations of effort which meet the emissions target while matching energy supply and demand.
For further detail of the 2050 Pathways Analysis, Calculator and tool please see the 2050 Pathways Analysis webpage.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change invites comments and feedback on specific questions about the 2050 Pathways Analysis, Calculator and online tool, which cover the whole of the UK. Further details of the Call for Evidence, including the list of questions and an online template for responses, is provided at:
http://econsultation.decc.gov.uk/decc-executive/2050_pathways/consult_view
The deadline for responses to the Call for Evidence is 5 October 2010.