Legislative Framework
Key pieces of primary legislation underpinning the UK's current energy policy include:
The Climate Change Act 2008: sets a legally binding target of at least an 80% cut in GHG emissions by 2050, as well as a reduction in emissions of at least 34% by 2020, against a 1990 baseline; implements a carbon budgeting system which caps emissions over five-year periods; creates the Committee on Climate Change; implements various reporting and monitoring programmes relevant to climate change and GHG emissions.