Source · Select Committees · Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Recommendation 8
8
Acknowledged
As part of the Clean Air Strategy the Government should include a timeline on when...
Recommendation
As part of the Clean Air Strategy the Government should include a timeline on when the reduction in limits of other pollutants is to be delivered. (Paragraph 58) National and local action
Government response summary AI-generated
The government stated that legally binding targets exist for reducing emissions of five key pollutants by 2020 and 2030, but acknowledged that 2020 targets for ammonia and PM2.5 are unlikely to be met. They committed to revising the National Air Pollution Control Programme to set out additional measures to get back on track.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government · verbatim extract
Acknowledged
The UK has ambitious, legally binding targets in place to significantly reduce emissions of the five most damaging air pollutants (Nitrogen Oxides, Sulphur dioxide, Ammonia (NH3), Primary particulate matter (PM2.5), and Non-methane volatile organic compounds) by 2020, and 2030. In 2019, we published the National Air Pollution Control Programme (NAPCP), which set out the technical analysis for how our policies would achieve these emission reduction commitments. In March this year, we published emission projections which indicate that we are now not likely to meet the 2020 target for NH3 and PM2.5. We are now in the process of revising the NAPCP and will set out the additional measures needed to bring the trajectory of emissions reductions back on track. The new NAPCP will capture the changing context brought about by wider policy commitments, like net zero. Future progress will continue to be evaluated, ensuring the government remains on track to deliver the required emission reductions. National and Local Action
Read the full response on Parliament ↗