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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that UKRI continues to deliver on climate change (a) mitigation and (b) adaptation.

The Government has committed over £25 billion up to 2025 to UKRI to help deliver the Government’s priorities on developing the UK's science and research capabilities.

Net Zero is one of the key strategic priorities agreed with UKRI for allocating this funding and is reflected in UKRI’s five-year strategy over 2022-2027. This includes working across business, academic, policy and regulatory interfaces to deliver fundamental change in how the Government tackles the global climate crisis.