Energy Charter Treaty: Fossil Fuels
(asked on 8th February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that a failure to reform the Energy Charter Treaty would have on new fossil fuel developments in the UK.
Answered by
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 22nd February 2023
The UK has been a strong advocate for ECT modernisation. At the Energy Charter Conference on 22 November, the decision to adopt the modernised Treaty was postponed. The UK has been closely monitoring the situation surrounding the Energy Charter Treaty’s modernisation process, including the positions taken by other Contracting Parties.