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The Committee on Climate Change is an independent body which advises the UK and devolved Governments on tackling and preparing for climate change. The Committee provides advice on setting carbon budgets (for the UK Government carbon budgets are designed to place a limit or ceiling on the level of economy-wide emissions that can be emitted in a five-year period), and reports regularly to the Parliaments and Assemblies on the progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.〔(Committee on Climate Change )〕 For the UK Government the Committee advises the Department of Energy and Climate Change and its powers are invested by Part 2 of the Climate Change Act 2008. The Committee is supported by a small secretariat of economists, scientists and corporate staff. ==History== The Committee on Climate Change was formally launched as a statutory committee in December 2008 with Lord Turner as its chair. The current chair is John Gummer, Lord Deben. The other committee members are Lord May of Oxford, Sir Brian Hoskins, Lord Krebs, Professor Dame Julia King, Professor James Skea, Paul Johnson, and Professor Samuel Fankhauser. David Kennedy was Chief Executive of the Committee from 2008 until his departure in May 2014. An Adaptation Sub-Committee was set up in 2009 to provide advice to Government about adaptation, meaning the steps the government and devolved administrations of the United Kingdom should be taking to prepare for climate change impacts. Lord Krebs is the Chair of the Adaptation Sub-Committee, the other Committee members are Graham Wynne, CBE, Professor Jim Hall, Dr. Sam Fankhauser, Dr. Andrew Dlugolecki, Professor Martin Parry, Professor Anne Johnson and Professor Tim Palmer. On 1 December 2008 the committee published its first major report entitled "Building a low-carbon economy – the UK’s contribution to tackling climate change". This recommended that the UK adopt a long-term target to reduce emissions of all greenhouse gases by at least 80% by 2050, in order to tackle climate change. It recommended the level of three five-yearly carbon budgets to cover the periods 2008-2012, 2013-2017 and 2018-2022. In line with the recommendations in the Committee's report, in April 2009 the Government set a requirement for a 34% cut in carbon emissions by 2020.〔(Budget 2009: Darling promises 34% emissions cuts with world's first binding carbon budgets ), The Guardian〕 In December 2010, the Committee recommended a (4th Carbon Budget ) to cover the period from 2023-2027. They recommended that the Government aims to cut emissions by at least 60% by 2030 to ensure that the UK is on track to meet the 2050 target. Parliament will debate the contents and proposals of this report before this summer's recess. In addition to reports to advise on the level of carbon budgets, the CCC also provides annual progress reports to Parliament which provide an update on Government's progress towards meeting climate targets. The CCC has published Progress Reports for (2009 ) and (2010 ). The Committee also publishes other advice on climate change science, economics and policy. It has recently published advice to Government about the (Carbon Reduction Commitment ), (Low-carbon innovation ), (Aviation ), (Adaptation ) and (Scottish climate change ) targets. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Committee on Climate Change」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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