Carbon Emissions: Cost Benefit Analysis
Commons · Question 10135 · Tabled 21 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has commissioned a cost-benefit analysis of the Government's net zero target.
Answer
Answered by Kerry McCarthy, 29 Oct 2024
The UK was the first country to set legally binding carbon budgets and the first major economy to establish a net zero target in law. An Impact Assessment of the level of the Sixth Carbon Budget was published at the time, including a cost-benefit analysis...