Question follow-through · 21434

Marine Environment: Carbon Capture and Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to (a) incorporate marine ecosystems into the Greenhouse Gas Inventory and (b) ensure that (i) land and (ii) sea are integrated into the carbon capture strategy.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
19 Dec 2024
Target answer date
7 Jan 2025
Answer
7 Jan 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to (a) incorporate marine ecosystems into the Greenhouse Gas Inventory and (b) ensure that (i) land and (ii) sea are integrated into the carbon capture strategy.

  2. 7 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Defra is working in partnership with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Devolved Administrations – through the UK Blue Carbon Evidence Partnership – to address evidence gaps that currently prevent the inclusion of coastal and marine habit...

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