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Carbon Budgets

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how he plans to (a) embed climate adaptation and (b) integrate steps to mitigate and adapt within the seventh carbon budget.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
26 Feb 2026
Target answer date
4 Mar 2026
Answer
4 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 26 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how he plans to (a) embed climate adaptation and (b) integrate steps to mitigate and adapt within the seventh carbon budget.

  2. 4 Mar 2026

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  3. 4 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Climate Change Act (2008) sets out how government must consider both adaptation and mitigation when designing the pathway to net zero by 2050, through Climate Change Risk Assessments, National Adaptation Programmes and when setting Carbon Budgets. As ...

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