Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to raising the goal for National Parks to achieve net carbon neutrality by 2040.

Protected Landscapes (both National Parks and National Landscapes) will be vital to our national targets, including net zero. We are exploring how the Government can empower them to deliver on their full potential - including in protecting nature’s carbon sinks, such as peatlands and woodlands. The Government welcomes the international leadership from the UK's National Park Authorities in joining the Race to Zero initiative, aiming to become net zero by 2040 and significant carbon sinks by 2050.