Nuclear power in the UK
Published on:This report looks at some of the main electricity system challenges the UK faces in the next two decades, and the aims and responsibilities of the Department of Energy & Climate Change.
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Briefing for Environmental Audit Committee – NAO Review of European Union Emissions Trading Scheme
Published on:This briefing by the National Audit Office has been carried out in response to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee to provide an update on the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme covering developments since the Committee last reported on this topic in 2007.
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Carbon Capture and Storage: the second competition for government support
Published on:The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has not achieved value for money for its £100 million spend on the second competition for government financial support for carbon capture storage.
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Review for Environmental Audit Committee: Climate change policy: options for scrutiny
Published on:This briefing is intended to facilitate the Environmental Audit Committee’s further work on climate change.
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Review for Environmental Audit Committee: Emissions projections in the 2006 climate change programme review
Published on:This briefing responds to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee. It examines the emissions forecasts (hereafter referred to as projections”) that informed the Climate Change Programme Review carried out between September 2004 and March 2006 (referred to here as the 2006 Review).
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Briefing for Environmental Audit Committee – Regulatory impact assessments and sustainable development
Published on:The House of Commons’ Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) recommended that the National Audit Office (NAO) carry out an analysis of recent Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIAs) to assess the extent to which they reflect a new requirement to consider environmental and social impacts. This briefing responds to the Committee’s request.
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Briefing to Environmental Audit Committee: Central government support for local authorities on climate change
Published on:This briefing paper is provided in response to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee that the National Audit Office provide information on local authorities and climate change.
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Review for Environmental Audit Committee: Climate change levy and climate change agreements
Published on:In April 2006 the National Audit Office published a briefing for the Environmental Audit Committee on UK climate change policy. This review was produced to inform and assist the Committee’s further work on climate change, and set out options for further Committee scrutiny.
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Hinkley Point C
Published on:The Department has committed electricity consumers and taxpayers to a high cost and risky deal in a changing energy marketplace. We cannot say the Department has maximised the chances that it will achieve value for money.
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Review for Environmental Audit Committee: Sustainable procurement in central government
Published on:This review summarises the extent of progress towards sustainable procurement in central government and describes the problems faced by departmental procurement officials in making further progress.