Existing policy measures will not be sufficient to achieve most of the 2030 emissions ceilings (Figure 1). Defra told us that Government will soon publish a draft national air pollution control plan to set out policies and measures designed to bring the UK into compliance for 2030. It told us that these plans will build on existing programmes of continuous improvement, such as environmental permitting and work with industry around industrial emissions. Defra told us that building on these existing bodies of work gives some assurance over the feasibility of its proposed measures, but that it also intends to use a consultation period to further test the plans ahead of publication in September.58 53 Q 32 54 LAQ0003 55 LAQ0004 56 Q 40 57 Qq 55, 60 58 Q 2 Tackling local breaches of air quality Part One 23 1.13 Existing policy measures will not be sufficient to achieve most of the 2030 emissions ceilings and government is developing plans for the new policies needed (Figure 4). Projections submitted to the EU in 2019 indicated that targets would be missed, but did not include (as required by the EU) a full modelled scenario showing how compliance with all of the emission reduction commitments could be achieved. Government plans to publish an update to the UK’s National Air Pollution Control Programme in September 2022, in which it expects to outline in detail the measures required to achieve its emissions ceilings. Defra told u sT tahactk tlhienreg alroe cteaclh aniicra ql aunad lity breaches 15 behavioural challenges to reducing emissions of particulate matter, including because of the potential impact of increased energy prices on domestic wood-burning. Figure 4 Figure 1: UK UpKr porjoejecctteedd e memissiiosnssi oconms pcaoremd tpo aermeisdsi otnos ceemilinigsss iino 2n0s3 0ceilings in 2030 The latest government projections show that existing policy measures are insufficient for the UK to achieve most of its 2030 emissions ceilings Emissions (kt) 700 600 500 400 300 20