Source · Select Committees · Business and Trade Committee
Recommendation 7
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This point-by-point response to Climate Assembly UK’s recommendations should provide a full assessment of which...
Conclusion
This point-by-point response to Climate Assembly UK’s recommendations should provide a full assessment of which recommendations will be accepted in full or in part and which will be rejected, along with an explanation for why the recommendation is being rejected. We expect this response to be published before the Assembly’s one-year anniversary in September and as part of the Government’s response to this report. (Paragraph 40) Climate Assembly UK: where are we now? 21 A fair transition
Government Response
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HM Government
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We take the views of the Climate Assembly UK seriously as assembly members represent viewpoints that broadly reflect the UK population and they have deliberated extensively on net zero. Findings from the Assembly form an important addition to the Government’s evidence base on assessing the UK public’s understanding, attitudes and perceptions around net zero. 36. These recommendations are an important part of the evidence base that needs to be considered alongside other research to develop policies for reaching net zero that are feasible and equitable. This evidence base is being used in several ways, including to inform development of the Net Zero Strategy. For example, Government invited the Climate Assembly UK’s expert leads to present the recommendations via seven briefings for officials from across government, covering all the policy areas discussed in the report and attended by over 400 HMG officials. 37. Through the Government’s response to the Select Committee’s Call for Written Evidence and Oral Evidence, we gave a comprehensive view of the Climate Assembly’s work—annexed to this document. We responded to all the major areas of the Climate Assembly Report and the recommendations that received the greatest support from assembly members, providing our views on them and details of what Government is doing and has planned in those areas. Government will provide further details of what it has planned in the upcoming Net Zero Strategy, which will be released in due course.