MPs ‘Deeply Worried’ Govt Will Prioritise Affordability Over Climate Targets
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MPs ‘deeply worried’ about gaps between UK climate targets and policy delivery
The Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee has expressed its concern over the gaps between the UK’s decarbonisation ambition and current policymaking, on the same day that the Treasury faced criticism from MPs for failing to improve its approach to environmental sustainability.
The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) is “deeply disappointed” with the Treasury’s inaction to adequately factor in long-term sustainability risks into its decisions
In a review of the Government’s forthcoming Industrial Strategy, the BEIS Committee warns that progress against the Fifth Carbon Budget, which requires UK emissions to be 57% lower between the period of 2028 and 2032, compared with 1990 levels, should not become secondary to affordability.
The Committee welcomes the “explicit commitment” to meet future carbon budgets set out in the Industrial Strategy green paper, but notes that “we are deeply worried that the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has identified significant gaps between our ambition and our current policy delivery”.
The Industrial Strategy must include “meaningful” policies to support the decarbonisation of industries and buildings, the report says, to reduce the reliance on the power sector to drive emissions reductions. The Committee wants to see “clear signs” as to how Government will embed clean growth, driven by battery technology and energy storage, in the country’s economic future.
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March 2, 2017 at 11:47PM
