Today the Government has set out its proposed level for the Seventh Carbon Budget, which sets a target of ~87% emissions reduction in the period 2038-42, in line with the Committee’s advice. This was formally laid before Parliament. The Committee’s response is below.
Nigel Topping CMG, Chair of the Climate Change Committee, said:
“The Committee is delighted that the Government have accepted the CCC’s advised level for the Seventh Carbon Budget. The lower-cost, energy-secure future is electric – so we hope to see the Government plan to accelerate electrification, in particular by making electricity cheaper.
“The Government must make its own pathway; but investors, businesses, and trade unions can have confidence in the work that we have done to show this is a feasible yet ambitious approach to a more secure world. We will continue to hold the Government to account for how it delivers against its targets and celebrate the successes the country has achieved.”
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