Interministerial Group for Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change communiqué: 12 April 2021
Published 8 July 2021
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The Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change Interministerial Group met on 12 April 2021. The meeting was chaired by the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform (Scottish Government), Roseanna Cunningham MSP.
Attendees
The attending Ministers were as follows.
From the UK government
- Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth (BEIS), Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP
From the Scottish Government
- Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, Roseanna Cunningham MSP
- Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands, Scottish Government, Paul Wheelhouse MSP
From the Welsh Government
- Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths MS
From the Northern Ireland Executive
- Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots MLA
What was discussed
The Interministerial Group discussed possible changes in the scope of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) as well as next steps following the publication of the Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy. The Group agreed to work together during the development of the UK government’s Net Zero Strategy.