Government Response to the Environment and Climate Change Committee report 'Methane: keep up the momentum'

This is the government's response, published 12 February 2025.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government responds to the Lords committee's methane report by setting out existing work and some new actions, and it declines to publish a separate methane action plan, separate sector targets or an extension of the Renewables Obligation.

• It does not accept the call for a standalone methane action plan, saying methane is covered by the Carbon Budget Delivery Plan, with an updated Plan to be published "in due course".
• On separate sector targets, it says these "would reduce this flexibility" of the Climate Change Act, though Defra "is considering" a non-legally binding methane target for agriculture.
• On metrics, it agrees that additional metrics "could usefully be employed" at sectoral and business levels, but says GWP100 is used for official reporting and it will take an active role in UNFCCC discussions in June 2027.
• It states it "does not currently intend to extend" the Renewables Obligation, but is assessing the emissions impact of its ending on landfill gas and will explore "what options, if any, are needed".

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