Environmental Audit - Eighth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 16 October 2007.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
Background to this Report
Our report and letter to the Secretary of State
How the EU ETS is designed to work—and how it has worked so far
The transparency of Government reporting
Impacts of Phase I on UK emissions
Using "business as usual" projections to calculate emissions savings
Distinguishing between funding emissions reductions abroad and cutting emissions within the UK
The need for greater transparency and ongoing scrutiny
Concluding remarks
Appendix 1—Government Response
For aviation the Government supports a mix of
auctioning and benchmarking. Auctioning allowances that would
otherwise have been allocated for free reduces the potential for
airlines to make windfall profits.
Appendix 2—Correspondence
Letter from Committee to the Secretary of
State
Response from the Secretary of State to the
Committee
Formal minutes
Past reports from the Environmental Audit
Committee since 1997
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