Fifth carbon budget examined

• Watch Parliament TV: Setting the fifth carbon budget
• Inquiry: Setting the fifth carbon budget
• Energy and Climate Change Committee

Witnesses

Tuesday 1 March 2016, Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster

At 09.30am

• Dr Richard Leese, Director, Energy and Climate Change, Mineral Products Association
• Lawrence Slade, Chief Executive Officer, EnergyUK
• Philip Sellwood, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Saving Trust
• Dr Nina Skorupska, Chief Executive, Renewable Energy Association
• Professor John Barrett, Chair in Energy and Climate Policy, Centre for Industrial Energy, Material and Products

Purpose of session

This session will explore a number of themes, including:

• Whether the level of the budget is appropriate
• Challenges in the power sector
• Challenges in other sectors such as heat and transport
• Carbon accounting rules
• Setting a long-term framework for meeting our targets

Further information

• About Parliament: Select committees
• Visiting Parliament: Watch committees

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