Principal Legislation
Climate change caused by global warming due to emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is widely acknowledged as being one of the most serious environmental problems society must tackle.
Policy measures for dealing with this problem are still emerging, substantial proposals for future measures were put forward in the government's 2006 Energy Review.
There are currently limited legislative instruments in place to tackle climate change with voluntary schemes and economic incentives playing a large part in the policy mix.
The two principal pieces of legislation in the UK that have introduced methods for tacking climate change are The Finance Act 2001 which introduced provisions for the Climate Change Levy and The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 that introduced provisions for the UK Emissions trading scheme.