Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to amend the definition of greenhouse gases in the Climate Change Act 2009 to include Nitrogen Trifluoride.

The Government does intend to amend the definition of greenhouse gases in the Climate Change Act 2008 to include nitrogen trifluoride (NF₃) and will seek to bring forward legislation to do so within the next year.

In accordance with UNFCCC international guidelines, NF₃ has been reported in the UK greenhouse gas inventory since 2013. NF₃ has also been in scope of UK international emission reduction targets since 2013, including the second commitment period to the Kyoto Protocol (2013-2020) and the UK Nationally Determined Contribution (2030).