Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 14006

Carbon Emissions

Tabled: 13 November 2024
Answered: 18 November 2024
Named Day

Question

Sir Christopher Chope

ConservativeChristchurch

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech at COP29 in Baku on 12 November 2024, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the revised emissions targe

Answer

Kerry McCarthy
At COP29, the Prime Minister announced the UK’s ambitious and credible NDC target to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions by at least 81% by 2035, compared to 1990 levels, excluding international aviation and shipping emissions.This is an ambitious, econom...

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