Interministerial Group for NetZero, Energy and Climate Change Communiqué: 24 November 2021
Updated 2 May 2024
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The Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change Interministerial Group met on 24 November 2021. The meeting was chaired by the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), Edwin Poots MLA.
1. Attendees
The attending Ministers were as follows.
1.1 From the UK government
Minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change (BEIS), The Rt Hon Greg Hands MP
Financial Secretary to the Treasury, The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP
1.2 From the Scottish Government
Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, Michael Matheson MSP
1.3 From the Welsh Government
Minister for Climate Change, Julie James MS
1.4 From the Northern Ireland Executive
Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots MLA
Minister for the Economy, Gordon Lyons MLA
2. What was discussed
The Interministerial Group welcomed a new Minister for the Economy from the Northern Ireland Executive.
The Group then discussed the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), next steps in the context of intergovernmental engagement on the Net Zero Strategy and the outcomes of the recent COP26 Climate Change Conference.