We asked how the Department would ensure that the impact of the UK’s progress towards net zero would not inadvertently result in higher emissions elsewhere. The 23 Q 45 24 Q 62 25 Q 54; C&AG’s Report, para 2.13 26 Qq 32 & 62 27 C&AG’s report, para 1.2; Climate Change Committee, Net Zero, 2019, pp 47, 105 28 Q 20 29 Climate Change Committee, Net Zero, 2019, pp 47, 104, 105 Achieving Net Zero 13 Department told us that, so far, reductions in the UK’s emissions had been the result of real change...

We asked how the Department would ensure that the impact of the UK’s progress towards net zero would not inadvertently result in higher emissions elsewhere. The 23 Q 45 24 Q 62 25 Q 54; C&AG’s Report, para 2.13 26 Qq 32 & 62 27 C&AG’s report, para 1.2; Climate Change Committee, Net Zero, 2019, pp 47, 105 28 Q 20 29 Climate Change Committee, Net Zero, 2019, pp 47, 104, 105 Achieving Net Zero 13 Department told us that, so far, reductions in the UK’s emissions had been the result of real change, particularly in the power and industrial sectors, and not the result of pushing emissions abroad, but that it was monitoring this. HM Treasury similarl Type: conclusion | Number: 16 | Response status: under_consideration