1. Outline
This is a letter from Professor Piers Forster, Interim Chair of the CCC, to Minister Jones, Minister of State for Industry, in response to a request for advice on extending the UK ETS beyond 2030.
2. Key messages
A robust carbon pricing mechanism covering the period beyond 2030 is an important part of the policy landscape to deliver the emissions reductions that are required. The Committee therefore supports extending the UK ETS beyond 2030 as a means of achieving this, provided the next phase is robustly and resiliently designed with an effective markets policy and consistent with linking to the EU ETS.
