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<p>The Climate Change Act 2008 introduced our framework of carbon budgets to mitigate
climate change by ensuring continued progress towards our emission reduction target,
capping emissions in successive five-year blocks. Through this legal framework and
ambitious policy action, we have shown that cutting emissions and growing the economy
go hand-in-hand – reducing our emissions by over 43% since 1990 while growing the
economy by 78%.</p><p> </p><p>We are going further and faster to mitigate climate
change. This year we will set the sixth carbon budget in legislation and publish a
Net Zero Strategy ahead of COP26, setting out the Government’s vision for transitioning
to a net zero economy.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to its manifesto
pledge to invest £9.2 billion in the energy efficiency of homes, schools, and hospitals,
helping to decarbonise buildings to keep us on track to reach net zero emissions by
2050.</p><p> </p><p>The Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme is a government-funded
grant scheme to help public sector organisations in England, including schools, colleges
and universities, and reserved public services across to the UK to install low carbon
heating and energy efficiency measures on their estates. On 17th March 2021, £75m
of funding was announced for Phase 2 Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.</p>
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