Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Climate)

Organisations: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for:

• international climate and energy policy
• international climate finance
• carbon budgets
• Net Zero strategy
• trade, Net Zero investment and supply chains
• science and innovation for climate and energy
• fusion energy
• citizen engagement

Previous holders of this role

1. Kerry McCarthy MP

   2024 to 2025

Announcements

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• Lord Vallance calls on tech experts to design ways to help reduce electricity bills
  • 06 August 2025
  • Press release
• British satellite to map Earth’s forests in 3D for the first time to help combat climate change
  • 24 April 2025
  • Press release
• UK backs businesses to trade carbon credits and unlock finance
  • 17 April 2025
  • Press release
• Government kickstarts £100 million fusion investment
  • 02 April 2025
  • Press release
• Net Zero Council relaunched to supercharge Clean Energy Superpower Mission
  • 05 February 2025
  • Press release
• Climate Minister in Brussels to kickstart growth in the North Seas
  • 29 January 2025
  • Press release
• Plan for Change to deliver jobs and growth in UK leading fusion industry
  • 16 January 2025
  • Press release
• UK and US announce first joint project in fusion energy innovation  
  • 09 December 2024
  • Press release
• UK backs clean power innovation to speed up global energy transition
  • 15 November 2024
  • Press release
• UK climate finance helps reduce more than 105 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions globally
  • 09 October 2024
  • Press release

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