Climate Change Convention

(asked on 25th April 2018) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to align the UK's domestic climate commitments under the Climate Change Act 2008 with the Paris Agreement during the 2017-2019 Parliamentary Session.


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Claire Perry
This question was answered on 1st May 2018

The Clean Growth Strategy made clear that the Government believes the UK will need to legislate for a net zero emissions target at an appropriate point in the future, to provide legal certainty on where the UK is heading.

We will seek the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) advice on the implications of Paris Agreement for the UK’s long-term targets, after the release of the IPCC Special Report later this year.

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