Climate Change Committee questioned by Lords
Monday 31 March
The House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee will hold a one-off session with the Climate Change Committee (CCC) on Wednesday 2 April.
The session will start at 10am in Committee Room 4, Palace of Westminster and can be followed live or afterwards on Parliament TV.
Giving evidence will be:
- Emma Pinchbeck, CEO, Climate Change Committee;
- James Richardson, Chief Economist, Climate Change Committee
Members are expected to ask questions on:
- the seventh carbon budget;
- the CCC’s relationship with departments across Government;
- costs of getting to net zero by 2050;
- public engagement priorities for Government;
- challenges and opportunities for addressing greenhouse gas emissions in the agriculture sector;
- large-scale biomass generation;
- electric cars;
- heat pumps.
