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 activate section 30 of the Climate Change Act 2008 to include emissions from (a) international aviation and (b) shipping in the UK carbon budget.

While the UK’s 2050 target and carbon budgets currently exclude emissions from international aviation and international shipping, the Committee on Climate Change has advised on planning for these emissions and their assumptions are incorporated into the Government’s 2050 pathways as set out in the Clean Growth Strategy. The Government is continuing to work to decarbonise the aviation and shipping sectors, both through international action, such as standards and offsetting schemes, and domestically, for example through support for sustainable alternative fuels, improved efficiency and new technologies.