The Centre for Carbon Measurement reduces uncertainties in climate data, provides the robust measurement that is required to account for, price and trade carbon emissions and helps develop and accelerate the take up of low carbon technologies.
The Centre for Carbon Measurement at NPL brings together academic and business partners with government and is designed to ensure that we can have confidence in the measurements we need to improve our understanding of the global climate, deliver policies for mitigating climate change, and accelerate the development of low carbon technologies.
David Willetts
Minister of State for Universities and Science
Measuring consumption emissions is fiendishly difficult. The Centre for Carbon Measurement has an essential role to play in assessing the way in which carbon flows through the economy, and in helping government to understand where and how to intervene to reduce carbon emissions in the most effective manner.
Chris Pook
Head of the Green Economy Team
Department for Business Innovation and Skills
Global climate change is one of the most challenging issues facing policy makers and industry today. Mitigation of and adaptation to climate change will require coordination and collaboration between science, business and governments.
The Centre for Carbon Measurement at NPL will build on NPL’s capability, working with partners to address the following three areas:
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