Our response to the latest IPCC report:

 

As the world’s leading scientists release the ‘Mitigation of Climate Change’ report, the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) is working on a detailed blueprint for tackling the UK’s emissions.

Paul Allen, Development Director at CAT said:

“The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) places great weight on ‘cost-effective measures’ to avoid dangerous climate change. The cost of failing to meet the challenge of climate change is quite simply unlimited - it is a false economy not to take the measures required by the most up to date climate science. It is also worth noting that within the same report, the IPCC has identified multiple additional benefits to delivering a truly sustainable energy future”.

“The report also represents core reasons for adopting the climate change framework of Contraction and Convergence as proposed by the Global Commons Institute. Contraction and Convergence provides a global framework for allocating carbon permits between nations. The total of the allocations is guided by climate science and is intended to keep atmospheric carbon concentrations at a pre-defined level which is environmentally safe. This makes it the most certain route to environmentally effective mitigation.”

In July, CAT will release zerocarbonbritain- a blueprint for Britain to secure its sustainable energy future. The strategy will call for the distribution of personal tradable carbon permits and presents a portfolio of technologies and policies that will support our rapid transition to a nation that is both energy secure and carbon neutral.