Citizen involvement in fighting climate change

The Report suggests that raising awareness and encouraging citizen involvement at a domestic level is fundamental to tackling climate change.

The Committee finds that the Government and its organisations must encourage individuals and communities to use their own ingenuity and money to reduce emissions.

In particular, the committee suggests that environmental taxation has an important role to play in driving up demand for environmentally beneficial goods and services, but that more needs to be done to improve the credibility of 'green taxes'.

The Committee calls for further measures including:

• Tariffs for household microgeneration of renewable energy fed into the national grid should be available
• A central strategy to help local authorities develop local greenhouse gas reduction programmes
• Building regulations to be made more demanding so that renewable technologies must be considered in planning applications
• Stamp duty rebates to home-buyers who improve the energy performance of their property within one year of purchase
• More informative energy billing within a year so that consumers are aware of how much energy they are using
• Stronger Carbon Emissions Reduction Targets for energy suppliers Improved energy efficiency of public buildings and infrastructure.

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