Department for Education: Carbon Emissions

(asked on 12th December 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when they expect their Department to be carbon neutral in its day-to-day operations.


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 20th December 2022

The Government is committed to delivering Net Zero by 2050.

Central Government reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% in 2019-20 compared to a 2009-10 baseline, exceeding its target of 43%.

The Greening Government Commitments set out the actions that UK Government Departments and their agencies will take to reduce their impacts on the environment, including targets for Department reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, with current targets for the 2021-25 period. The Department is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions wherever possible, and has ambitious targets under the Greening Government Commitments.

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