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Climate Change
Climate change is one of the most
important challenges facing the world.
It
is not simply an environmental problem: it has profound implications for the
economy and for wellbeing of people in the UK,
and across the world.
There have been periods of change in the climate in
the past, but today things are changing much more quickly. Scientists
think that this is because of a rise in emissions of carbon dioxide and other
gases, collectively known as ‘greenhouse gases’. The greenhouse gases act as a
partial blanket that increases the amount of heat from the sun that is trapped
by the atmosphere. Since the industrial revolution, concentrations of greenhouse
gases have increased, reducing heat loss from the Earth, and resulting in
warming of the Earth’s surface and lower atmosphere.
Scientific
predictions suggest we will experience higher sea levels in the future and
changes in weather patterns, which bring with them a greater risk of flooding,
more storminess and possible summer water shortages.
While
some still debate the current cause, the evidence and the pollutants, the
changes in the way we use energy for buildings and transport in the
UK
as a result of the Kyoto Protocol require us to adhere to the
legislation which impacts us all.
The
UK
government seeks a 50% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from buildings by
2020 to combat climate change.
Large
scale generation and local microgeneration renewable energy technologies will be
integrated along with UK
legislatory and carbon reduction levy commitments.
Parlec Energy can provide accredited
assessment for these UK legislative requirements to combat Climate
Change.
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