Carbon Emissions

(asked on 2nd February 2021) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the CCC’s assessment that the UK’s fifth carbon budget is not aligned with its recommendation for (a) the sixth carbon budget or (b) the UK’s NDC submitted to the UNFCCC process, what plans his Department has to bring forward legislation to align the fifth carbon budget with emissions reductions necessary to achieve (i) net zero by 2050 and (ii) the UK’s 2030 NDC.


Answered by
Anne-Marie Trevelyan Portrait
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 10th February 2021

The Government will consider carefully the Climate Change Committee’s advice in their report “The Sixth Carbon Budget: The UK’s path to Net Zero”. Through the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan and our Energy White Paper, we have set out concrete steps we will take to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Over the coming months, we will bring forward further bold proposals, including a Net Zero Strategy, to continue to reduce our emissions in line with our climate obligations. These will be critical steps towards ensuring the UK meets its 5th Carbon Budget.

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