Getting Back on Track to Meet our Climate Targets
On Monday I made my first speech in the chamber as Lib Dem spokesperson for Energy Security and Net Zero in response to the Government’s £22bn pledge for carbon capture projects.
After the irresponsible stalling and rowing back by Sunak and the Conservative government, we must decarbonise British industry if we want to get back on track to our rightfully ambitious net zero targets. Some carbon capture and storage will be necessary for the industries that are hard to decarbonise such as steel and cement but this must not be an excuse to avoid reducing emissions.
I made sure to remind Ed Milliband, the Secretary of State, that we also desperately need investment of a similar scale in renewables, which we know are the future. The Government must make sure that this doesn’t become a shortcut for carbon heavy industries instead of investing in cleaning up their act for good.
You can watch the speech below:
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