Policy paper

Interministerial Group for Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change communiqué: 21 February 2024

Published 2 May 2024

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

The Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change Interministerial Group met on 21 February 2024. The meeting was chaired by the Minister for Climate Change, Julie James MS (Welsh Government).

Attendees

The attending ministers were as follows.

From the UK government

  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance), Lord Callanan
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport, Lord Davies of Gower
  • Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Gareth Davies MP

From the Scottish Government

Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Net Zero and Energy, Màiri McAllan MSP

From the Welsh Government

Minister for Climate Change, Julie James MS

From the Northern Ireland Executive

Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir MLA

Minister for the Economy, Conor Murphy MLA

What was discussed

The Interministerial Group discussed the UK Emissions Trading Scheme, specifically the UK ETS Authority’s plans set out in July 2023 for expansion of the scope of the scheme to additional sectors of the economy.