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Voluntary Carbon and Nature Markets: Raising Integrity
This consultation seeks to clarify and test the UK Government’s proposed policy and governance framework for helping to ensure the integrity of Voluntary Carbon and Nature Market credits and the use of credits. It provides a response to calls from business, finance, farming, and environmental stakeholders for clarity on the Government’s approach. It also responds to recommendations from the Climate Change Committee and others for a new regulatory approach for these markets. It... MoreOpened 17 April 2025 -
Community Benefits and Shared Ownership for Low Carbon Energy Infrastructure
The Clean Energy Superpower Mission is crucial for economic growth, energy security and reducing electricity bills. By rapidly adopting clean, homegrown energy, Great Britain can control its energy supply and protect both household and national finances from fossil fuel price spikes with cleaner, affordable power. Achieving our goal of becoming a clean energy superpower and achieving net zero by 2050 will require the rapid deployment of new low carbon energy capacity. This means that some... MoreOpened 21 May 2025 -
Growing the market for low carbon industrial products: policy framework
The consultation sets out proposals to deliver a voluntary policy framework to grow the market for low carbon industrial products, with an initial focus on steel, cement, and concrete. Building on the 2023 Carbon Leakage consultation, where the government committed to establish product classifications (formerly called voluntary product standards) and an embodied emissions reporting framework, this consultation marks the next step in policy development. It includes options... MoreOpened 23 June 2025 -
Transition plan requirements consultation
The manifesto committed to mandating “UK-regulated financial institutions (including banks, asset managers, pension funds and insurers) and FTSE 100 companies to develop and implement credible transition plans that align with the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement” and the government announced in November 2024 to consult in the first half of 2025 on how best to take forward transition plans policy. This consultation now seeks views on how the government could take forward the... MoreOpened 25 June 2025 -
Assessment and rating of wind turbine noise guidance: proposed updates
Technical guidance for the assessment of noise emissions from onshore wind turbines provides advice to local authorities across the UK for appraising planning applications for onshore wind developments. We're seeking views on updates to bring guidance into line with available evidence; developments in turbine technology and wind turbine noise assessment methodologies; and government policies on noise and net zero. Read the draft guidance and consultation questions on GOV.UK . MoreOpened 4 July 2025
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