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CAT Media Department: Press Release
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| Zero carbon Britain in two decades New report outlines radical map of solutions |
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| Contact: Jessa Latona 07704 273 067 (Email) |
Date: 09/07/2007 |
 The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) today released ‘zerocarbonbritain’, a blueprint for Britain to reduce its carbon emissions[1] to zero by 2027. The report draws on CAT's 35 years of experience as well as consultations with world-renowned experts in climate science, climate policy and renewable energy technologies.
zerocarbonbritain outlines a framework of policies to drive the transition to a zero carbon economy. It defines a global carbon budget and identifies an equitable portion for Britain.
Paul Allen, CAT Development Director and co-author said, “zerocarbonbritain is a radical yet pragmatic vision of Britain’s energy future, based on a reading of the most recent science and driven by bold new policies.[2]
“Using only existing and proven technologies, the report maps a potential scenario that could arise from these policies and integrates solutions to the intimately connected issues of climate change, energy security and global equity.
“zerocarbonbritain is scientifically necessary, socially possible and technically achievable - we must now make it politically thinkable.”
Sir John Houghton, former Co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Director General of the UK Met Office said, “The authors of zerocarbonbritain present a time-scale for action that begins now. I commend their imagination (coupled with realism), their integrated view and their sense of urgency, as an inspiration to all who are grappling with the challenge that climate change is bringing to our world.”
Contact: Jessa Latona, Media Officer, 01654 705957 mob 07704 273067
www.zerocarbonbritain.com
[1] From fossil fuels
[2] The report recommends the adoption of Contraction & Convergence, the global framework for negotiations and management of climate change; administered on a national level, through a system of personal carbon permits (specifically Tradable Energy Quotas, TEQs) in absolute terms over the next 20 years.
Comment on the report on the discussion forum 
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