How do we make Britain greener?

We have established tackling climate change and greening our energy system as a great national mission. Now the challenge is to deliver on our 2020 targets, creating a genuinely low carbon economy and society.

We need a profound shift: our approach to climate change will reach into every area of national life.

Our aim is not simply to avert disaster, but to create jobs, improve energy security, and provide better quality of life.

Our Low Carbon Transition Plan provides the foundation for action, and sets out how we will ensure energy security, create green jobs and industries, and bear down on energy prices, particularly for the most vulnerable households in the UK.

It includes details of our renewable energy strategy through which we will achieve 15 per cent of energy from renewable sources by 2020, our programme to build new nuclear power stations to replace those being commissioned, and our demonstration programme of carbon capture and storage technology on coal-fired power stations.

We have made tackling climate change and greening our energy system a great national mission. The challenge now is to ensure that we deliver on our 2020 climate change targets,...

Our Low Carbon Transition Plan provides the foundation for action, and sets out how we will ensure energy security, create green jobs and industries, and bear down on energy prices,...