AQW 9453/17-22

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 02/11/2020
Answered On Date: 11/11/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for the Economy how the forthcoming Energy Strategy will be integrated with a climate change act for Northern Ireland, which was committed to in New Decade, New Approach.

Answer:

The new Energy Strategy is being developed in the context of the UK’s legislation requirement for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

The strategy is taking a collaborative approach, ensuring we actively involve relevant departments across the Executive in its development.

This joined-up approach ensures that the Energy Strategy will be integrated with other relevant strategies outlined in ‘New Decade, New Approach’ including work on the Climate Change agenda, which the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) lead on.