PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Carbon Emissions (11 December 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to ensure that the emissions reduction targets set out in the Committee on Climate Change's carbon budgets are met.

Asked by:
Anna McMorrin (Labour)

The UK met the first carbon budget (2008-2012) and is on track to meet the second (2013-2017) and third carbon budgets (2018-2022).

The Fifth Carbon Budget (covering 2028-32) was passed into law on 21 July 2016. This budget is set in line with the recommendation of our independent advisers, the Committee on Climate Change, at 1,725 MtCO2e, equivalent to a 57% reduction on 1990 levels.

The Clean Growth Strategy sets out ambitious policies and proposals to decarbonise the UK economy through the 2020s, and includes a 2032 pathway, which shows one of many plausible ways we can meet our fifth carbon budget.

Answered by:
Claire Perry (Conservative)
19 December 2017