Earth Notes: General Bibliography (CCC2025progress)

• [CCC2025progress] Emma Pinchbeck and James Richardson and Emily Nurse and Eoin Devane and Luke Maxfield Progress in reducing emissions: 2025 report to Parliament (accessed 2025-08-10), UK Climate Change Committee, 2025-06, PDF (report) (BibTeX).
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  [[**CS1] [**UF] Quote: "Last year, we made making electricity cheaper our first recommendation. When people and businesses switch to electric technologies, they are paying more than the actual cost of supplying the extra electricity they demand, because of policy decisions taken many years ago. Removing policy costs from electricity would ensure the underlying cost-savings of switching to efficient electric technologies are captured by households and businesses, encouraging take-up. The Government has made no clear progress on removing policy costs since the election. Making electricity cheaper remains our first recommendation." (R2025-046) Quote: "Policy costs are levied on the unit price of electricity at 20 times the rate of gas. Removing electricity policy costs would reduce annual electricity bills by £190 for the typical household with a gas boiler, and £490 for a typical household with a heat pump." Quote: "The emissions reduction in 2024 was driven by the electricity supply and industry sector ..." but "This was partially offset by an increase in emissions from flying. As a result of this increase, aviation now contributes a greater share of total UK emissions than the entire electricity supply sector." Quote: "Priority actions ... Make electricity cheaper. ... Implement regulations to ensure that new homes are not connected to the gas grid. Currently, 71% of new homes include fossil fuel boilers ... Introduce a comprehensive programme to decarbonise public sector buildings." Quote: "Emissions in 2024 are provisionally estimated to be 413.7 MtCO2 e, which is 50.4% below 1990 levels." Quote: "There has been some positive progress on residential buildings decarbonisation, but there is still significant uncertainty on how the emissions reductions required for the 2030 NDC and Sixth Carbon Budget will be met. Most near-term policies have credible plans or some risks, however, in the 2030s policy scoring is dominated by insufficient plans and significant risks. ... Heat pump installations in existing homes increased to 73,000 per year in 2024 but are still below the trajectory needed to meet required emissions reductions. 23,000 heat pumps were installed under the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BU03), an increase of 83% on 2023. A similar number of heat pump installations were funded through the Energy Company Obligation." Quote: "R2025-046 Make electricity cheaper by removing levies and other policy costs from electricity bills to help incentivise consumers to switch to lower-carbon electric options across sectors including transport and buildings." Quote: "R2025-059 Confirm that there will be no role for hydrogen in home heating." R2025-060 Put in place requirements on housing developers ensuring no new properties completed from 2026 are connected to the gas grid. ..." Quote: "R2025-061 Reinstate regulations so that beyond 2035 all heating systems installed are low-carbon." Quote: "R2025-063 Provide long-term funding for energy efficiency improvement to social housing and targeted support to ensure that poorly insulated homes are not a barrier to uptake of low-carbon heating systems for low-income households."]