Designing a climate compatibility checkpoint for future oil and gas licensing in the UK Continental Shelf
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Detail of outcome
This government response takes into consideration the issues raised during the consultation on the design of a climate compatibility checkpoint for future oil and gas licensing, and includes a summary of the feedback.
We have published the Climate Compatibility Checkpoint Design alongside this response.
Detail of feedback received
The consultation received 55,640 responses from a wide range of respondents, including:
- consultancies
- think-tanks and NGOs
- oil and gas companies
- academic institutions
- individuals
Original consultation
Consultation description
In March 2021, HMG announced the outcome of a review looking at the compatibility of continued oil and gas licensing with the UK’s climate objectives.
The main outcome of the review was that continued licensing can in principle continue in alignment with UK climate objectives, but that a checkpoint should be introduced to ensure that licensing is only allowed to continue for as long as this remains the case.
This consultation is to gather input on the design of that checkpoint.
See the BEIS consultation privacy notice.
Please do not send responses by post to the department at the moment as we may not be able to access them.
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Updates to this page
Last updated 22 September 2022 + show all updates
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Government response published, alongside details of the new climate compatibility checkpoint.
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First published.