Pollution and emissions
Find out more about the areas vital to the effective control of pollution and emissions to air and water in the UK
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Climate change agreements (CCAs) are part of a package of government measures to tackle climate change that are designed to encourage UK business to save energy and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
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The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme was introduced by government in 2008. Organisations that meet the qualification criteria, based on how much electricity they consumed in 2008, will be obliged to participate in the CRC.
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Countries with commitments under the Kyoto Protocol to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions must meet their targets primarily through national measures. As an additional means of meeting the targets, three market-based mechanisms were introduced.
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The Pollution Inventory (PI) provides information about the releases and transfers of substances from the industrial activities we regulate.
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Help your business avoid and deal with pollution incidents using our 10 point checklist, Pollution Prevention Pays pack and Pollution Prevention Guidelines (PPGs).
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The EU ETS is the largest multi-country, multi-sector greenhouse gas emissions trading system in the world. It includes around 11,000 installations (excluding aviation) accounting for about 45 per cent of EU carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
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On 1 January 2008 a national Trading Scheme, under the National Emissions Reduction Plan (NERP), was introduced in the UK.
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Find out more about environmental permitting.
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Diffuse water pollution can arise from many sources, which may be small individually, but their collective impact can be damaging. Diffuse pollution can be caused by current and past land use in agricultural and urban environments.
