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Written question asked by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 April 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 7 May 2019 (named day). It was answered by Claire O'Neill (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 May 2019 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Carbon Emissions

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to address the projection in his Department’s Updated Energy and Emissions Projections 2018, published 11 April 2019, that the UK will miss its carbon targets for 2023 to 2027 by 5.6% and for 2028 to 2032 by 9.6%; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

Carbon budgets four and five end in 8 and 13 years respectively and we are already over 90% of the way towards meeting them from a 1990 baseline, even before many of the policies and proposals in the Clean Growth Strategy are taken into account.

The Strategy sets out our plans to build on our progress in decarbonising the power sector, while looking further across the whole of the economy and the country. It includes ambitious proposals on housing, business, transport, the natural environment and green finance.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clean-growth-strategy

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
249176
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Carbon emissions
Link
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