Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of the United States withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change on biomass sustainability policy.

The Government only supports the use of sustainable biomass in line with UK’s sustainability criteria, irrespective of country of origin.

We have consulted on a Common Biomass Sustainability Framework in order to improve consistency across sectors and strengthen criteria in line with the latest evidence.

We will keep the criteria under review as the global biomass market evolves, to ensure the UK has sufficient sustainable supplies, domestically and from imports.

Common biomass sustainability framework: consultation document (accessible webpage) - GOV.UK