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

  • Climate Change Agreements (CCA) Scheme

    Climate Change Agreements (CCAs) are part of a package of measures designed to tackle wider issues relating to climate change.

  • Cynllun Effeithiolrwydd Ynni'r Pwyllgor Lleihau Carbon

    The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) is a mandatory emissions trading scheme 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

  • The Kyoto Mechanisms

    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.

  • Pollution Inventory

    Background information about the Pollution Inventory for England and Wales, access to pollution data, guidance, reporting forms and information about the substances reported

  • Atal llygredd

    Helpwch eich busnes i osgoi ac ymdrin â digwyddiadau o lygredd trwy ddefnyddio ein rhestr wirio 10 pwynt, ein pecyn Mae’n Talu i Atal Llygredd a Chanllawiau Atal Llygredd (PPGs).

  • EU Emissions Trading System

    This was previously known as the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. This section will give you all the information you need about the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), including how to make an application for a greenhouse gas emissions permit.

  • National Emissions Reduction Plan (NERP)

    On 1 January 2008 a national Trading Scheme, under the National Emissions Reduction Plan (NERP), was introduced in the UK.

  • Environmental Permitting (EP)

    Find out more about environmental permitting.

  • Diffuse water pollution

    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.