Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 116368
Carbon Budgets
Tabled: 26 February 2026
Answered: 4 March 2026
Named DayQuestion
Dr Simon Opher
Labour — Stroud
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how he plans to (a) embed climate adaptation and (b) integrate steps to mitigate and adapt within the seventh carbon budget.
Answer
Katie WhiteThe Climate Change Act (2008) sets out how government must consider both adaptation and mitigation when designing the pathway to net zero by 2050, through Climate Change Risk Assessments, National Adaptation Programmes and when setting Carbon Budgets. As ...
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