Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to reduce emissions produced by the armed forces.

MOD is committed to reducing its carbon emissions and fully contributing to the UK achieving its legal commitment to be Net Zero by 2050.

Work is underway across the MOD and Defence is beginning to drive real change; from innovation on future fuels through to embedding energy efficient measures in our bases. Underpinning all this work is the need to ensure national security and preserve our capability levels.

The Department's current progress on reducing emissions has been published in Annex D of MOD's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (publishing.service.gov.uk).