Monday 15 September
2025, 16.30, Committee Room 8
On Monday MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee will hear
evidence from the Climate Change Committee (CCC), Parliament's
independent advisor on climate progress, on the progress the UK
is making towards a net zero economy.
MPs will ask the CCC's Chief Executive Emma Pinchbeck and its
Chief Economist about the UK's efforts to both mitigate climate
change by reducing emissions and adapt to its effects such as
extreme weather.
On mitigation, MPs are likely to ask about the Government's
progress towards making electricity cheaper – a longtime
recommendation of the Climate Change Committee. They may ask
about the challenge of decarbonising the aviation sector and what
role demand management can play, and the impact the
recently-introduced electric vehicle subsidies might have in
tackling emissions from surface transport – currently the highest
emitting sector.
They are also likely to ask about the potential of carbon capture
techniques, viewed as inherently challenging and high risk by the
National Audit Office and Public Accounts Committee.
MPs will also ask witnesses for their views on the UK's progress
in adapting to climate change, given that the CCC has
consistently found UK adaptation lacking. They may ask what
difference the investment made in June's Spending Review towards
flood defences and sustainable farming will make.
Witnesses
From 16.30:
- Emma Pinchbeck, Chief Executive, Climate Change Committee
- Dr James Richardson, Chief Economist and Director of
Analysis, Climate Change Committee
