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<p>The Climate Change Act (2008) requires the Government to set legally binding ‘carbon
budgets’ to meet the objective of reducing emissions by at least 80% in 2050 from
1990 levels. The Act requires that the UK’s emissions in the third carbon budget period,
which covers 2020, are at least 34% below the 1990 baseline for emissions.</p><p>The
Government has not set specific targets for how much of the emissions reductions required
for each carbon budget should come from different emissions sources, for example heat,
electricity or transport. This is to provide sufficient flexibility to ensure carbon
savings are delivered across the economy in the most cost effective way.</p><p>However,
DECC does produce projections of UK emissions that account for the impact of Government
policies. The last projections published in September 2014 [1] showed that the UK
was on track to meet the second (2013-17) and third (2018-22) budgets having already
met the first carbon budget (2008-12).</p><p>In 2020, policies [2] which drive improvements
in energy efficiency (across all sectors) are projected to contribute 61% of the total
reduction in emissions and policies influencing the uptake of low-carbon heat technologies
are projected to contribute 5%. Other policies such as Building Regulations also support
the reduction of heat emissions from buildings for example through the requirement
to install a condensing boiler in most cases when a boiler needs to be replaced.</p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em>
Updated Energy and Emissions Projections: 2014 (DECC)</em></p><p><strong><em> [</em></strong><strong><em>2]</em></strong><em>
Source: Annex D of the Updated Energy and Emissions Projections (EEP): 2014 (DECC).
Based on all policies listed in EEP, including those introduced before as well as
after the publication of the Low Carbon Transition Plan (LCTP) 2009</em></p><p> </p><p>
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