Member

The amendment tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Young, and moved by the noble Earl, Lord Russell, would create a new duty for the commissioners to contribute to the climate change and nature targets, requiring them to take all reasonable steps to contribute to the achievement of targets set under Part 1 of the Climate Change Act 2008 and the achievement of biodiversity targets under Sections 1 to 3 of the Environment Act 2021, and to adapt to any current or predicted impacts of climate change identified in the most recent report under Section 56 of the Climate Change Act 2008. It would also require the commissioners to include conditions in all seabed leases to require the leaseholder to contribute to the conservation and overall enhancement of the natural environment.