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Interministerial Group for Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change Communiqué: 30 November 2020

Published 8 July 2021

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The Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change Interministerial Group met on 30 November 2020. The meeting was chaired by the Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth (BEIS), Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP.

Attendees

The attending Ministers were as follows.

From the UK government

  • Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth (BEIS), Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP
  • Exchequer Secretary to the Chancellor (HMT), Kemi Badenoch 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
  • Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport, Lee Waters MS

From the Northern Ireland Executive

  • Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots MLA
  • Minister for the Economy, Diane Dodds MLA

What was discussed

The Group discussed the upcoming Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy and the role industrial clusters (for example the South Wales Cluster) and wider behaviour change could play. The Group also looked ahead to upcoming Committee on Climate Change advice on the UK’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), as well as the possible implications for this on UK carbon budgets.

The Group also acknowledged priorities for the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and the cooperation in delivering the legislation to support a future scheme.

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