Climate Change Committee: 2023 Progress Report

Part of Energy Security and Net Zero – in the House of Commons at on 19 September 2023.

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Photo of Graham Stuart Graham Stuart Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Our climate leadership is measurable and real. We have reduced emissions by more than any other major economy since 1990. We were the first to legislate for net zero. We have eliminated coal, which as late as 2012 produced nearly 40% of our electricity supply—the legacy of the Labour party—and we have lifted renewables from 7% to 48%. We have cut emissions by more than others, transforming our energy system, and we are leading on this issue internationally and domestically. That is exactly what the Government rely on in fulfilling their aspiration to climate leadership.