Asked by: Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to update their policy paper Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener, published on 19 October 2021, and (2) to bring forward the timetables for their net zero plans, given the International Panel on Climate Change's Synthesis Report, published on 20 March.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Government is committed to its Net Zero target. The Net Zero Growth Plan and Carbon Budget Delivery Plan, published in March, set out the package of policies and proposals to meet the UK's carbon budgets.
The Government has already come a long way to meet that target. The UK has cut emissions faster than any other G7 country, through deployment of low-carbon sources, such as renewables and nuclear, which provide half of the UK’s electricity generation.
The Government's target is in line with the advice of the UK’s independent Climate Change Committee and is consistent with the recommendations in the IPCC report.