How aligned are the UK and EU in their aims to tackle climate change? Lords Committee to ask academics and think tanks
Friday 11 November 2022
On Tuesday 15 November the House of Lords European Affairs Committee will take evidence from think tanks and academics on the current state of the UK-EU relationship in energy, environment and climate change policy.
The evidence session will take place at 4.00pm on Tuesday 15 November in Committee Room 4A and can be viewed live on parliamentlive.tv
Witnesses:
4pm
- Caroline Kuzemko, Reader in International Political Economy at University of Warwick
- Ed Birkett, Head of Energy and Climate at Onward
- Simone Tagliapietra, Senior Fellow at Bruegel
Topics the Committee is likely to cover in this session include:
- The current state of the UK-EU relationship in the areas of energy, the environment, and climate change, and the factors affecting it.
- Cooperation between the UK and the EU in the context of the energy security challenges in Europe following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the risks facing the UK as a result
- Current engagement between the UK and the EU on the flow of energy supply between the UK and the EU in the event of a critical supply shortage.
- Cooperation between the UK and the EU on initiatives to mitigate climate change.
- The main barriers to more frequent UK-EU engagement on energy, environment, and climate change issues.
