Mackay / DECC 2050 pathways calculator about climate

[rufuspollock]

/cc @tamc who looks like he was the driving force behind this 😄 - in case you have any updates or comments.

[tamc]

Hi @rufuspollock. Yes, I was one of the drivers of this up until 2015. Let me know what you would like to know?

[rufuspollock]

@tamc thank you so much for responding 🙏 and good to hear from you. A couple of questions:

• What's the best general overview of the calculator project(s), their goals and state?
• Do you have any kind of overview of the design and logic of the calculators?
• Do you know where the source code is for the latest calculator?

[tamc]

Hi @rufuspollock

• What's the best general overview of the calculator project(s), their goals and state?

Sadly, i think it is the link you have above. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/carbon-calculator though the email address linked to at the bottom of that page should be monitored if you want to know more. Only the latest version, from that page, is in any way actively supported by the UK government any more.

• Do you have any kind of overview of the design and logic of the calculators?

Probably your best bet are the links on https://www.gov.uk/guidance/international-outreach-work-of-the-2050-calculator under “How to build a 2050 Calculator”.

• Do you know where the source code is for the latest calculator?

I believe some contractual mistakes were made in the latest version which meant that the UK government didn’t get the rights to open source the web interface source code. The underlying model is available from https://www.gov.uk/guidance/carbon-calculator

[rufuspollock]

@tamc thanks for the open response 🙏 And thanks again for all your efforts in this area!