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Pippa Heylings's Climate-related Tweets, Speeches & Votes

We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Pippa Heylings in the last 90 days

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• 23 Apr 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  Managing the transition from a North sea dominated by oil and gas to a North sea with a future for commercially viable renewable energy is critical to the UK’s reaching its climate targets by 2030. The North sea can have a new and bright future if we get things right, which will enable us to strengthen our energy security, reduce skyrocketing energy prices for our households and businesses, secure the UK’s global leadership in floating offshore wind and, importantly, rebuild our manufacturing and port capacity while delivering transitional skills, pathways and jobs for the highly skilled workers and for the thousands of people currently employed in the supply chains for oil and gas.

  We Liberal Democrats are opposed to the new oilfields at Jackdaw and Rosebank, and we want the Government to commit to the winding-down of the oil and gas industry, as was agreed among all countries at COP28. The reality is that new drilling will not provide jobs or protect workers in a declining basin.

  The future of the North sea can be bright: we boast some of Europe’s best sites for renewable energy. Our current installed capacity of 50 wind farms already accounts for about a quarter of global offshore wind capacity, and our offshore wind potential surpasses our projected energy demand, making it key to our energy security. However, the Liberal Democrats have always been clear that the only way to create long-term, secure jobs is to invest in supporting workers to transition into clean energy industries. The unjust transition of the oil refinery at Grangemouth is a clear illustration—a warning of what happens without early Government intervention and investment, showing that such decisions cannot be left to industry alone.

  What jobs are we talking about? We are talking about new jobs within the new manufacturing supply chain and our own domestic green energy supply chain. The UK has consistently failed to seize the full economic benefits of our leadership in offshore wind. As we have heard today, the vast majority of Britain’s offshore wind capacity is owned by foreign companies, and the typical North sea turbine still contains three times more imported material than UK-made content. We need to make sure that our turbines are manufactured here and that our port capacity, in both manufacturing and fixed and floating offshore capacity, is enabled, or that will also be given to other countries. That could create an estimated 23,000 good green jobs, both directly and through supply chains.

  Yes, we should join the Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance. We very much support that. Following COP28, we are looking forward to COP30. Hopefully, the UK can once again demonstrate global leadership, as part of an alliance of other countries that finally has a clear transition pathway.

  We need to make sure that workers are prioritised as part of the new manufacturing industry and the supply chains. Research has shown that over 90% of the UK’s oil and gas workforce have transferable skills, but face a lack of support in transitioning to the clean pathway. As vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on climate change, I was pleased to meet an oil and gas worker from Aberdeen last month as part of a roundtable to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing workers. She described how Aberdeen has an abundance of STEM skills ready to drive forward the transition to clean energy, but workers are having to pay out of their own pockets to gain new qualifications, often duplicating qualifications that they already have.

  Full debate: North Sea Oil and Gas Workers: Transitional Support

• 23 Apr 2025: Tweet

  RT @ClimateAPPG: APPG Vice Chair @pippaheylings restated that the @LibDems oppose the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields. ???? Pippa not… [Source]

• 23 Apr 2025: Tweet

  #BritishSteel is absolutely critical to our manufacturing here in the UK - for our national security, for our defence industry, for road and rail transport, and also for our green transition to renewable energy to manufacture wind turbines. https://x.com/pippaheylings/status/1914971889509818538/video/1 [Source]

• 22 Apr 2025: Tweet

  This year's #EarthDay2025 theme is #OurPowerOurPlanet - calling for people to unite around renewable energy. Our world needs transformational change at all levels but citizens and consumers have power to influence government & business too to move to clean energy #EarthActionDay https://x.com/pippaheylings/status/1914750148032266591/photo/1 [Source]

• 15 Apr 2025: Tweet

  RT @ECIU_UK: Net zero and clean energy can actually help save the steel industry UK’s net zero target being falsely blamed for the UK’s st… [Source]

• 2 Apr 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  We are living in the shadow of the former Conservative Government’s failure to invest in renewable energy and insulate our homes. Those failures have contributed directly to an energy crisis that has left households struggling with soaring bills and businesses facing crippling costs. The majority of people polled in this country want to see more action on climate change and saving our planet, not less.

  The Liberal Democrats are unwavering champions of renewable energy. Now more than ever, we need to strengthen our home-grown energy security and stop our dependency on despots such as Putin. We welcome the lifting of the effective moratorium on onshore wind, which we have long called for. That was an extremely short-sighted and irresponsible Conservative policy. The planning changes that they made in 2015 and 2016 introduced a de facto ban in England, resulting in a loss to our manufacturing and local economies. The project pipeline for onshore wind shrank by over 90%, and less than 40 MW was consented to and became operational in the intervening period.

  We are absolutely and critically supportive of a just transition in the North sea, to move off fossil fuels alongside and parallel to our increased use of renewable energy.

  Although we are supportive of the motion’s ambition to streamline planning for major projects such as onshore wind, we register our concern about the Government’s broader changes to NSIPs and planning, including the exemption of category 3 persons from compulsory purchase consultations, and the implementation of several Henry VIII clauses that hand sweeping powers to the Secretary of State and undermine local government and local voice. It is entirely possible to accelerate renewable energy deployment and uphold the community voice in planning decisions while protecting nature, and that is what we need to see.

  Full debate: Onshore Wind and Solar Generation

• 02 Apr 2025: Tweet

  The Conservatives’ failure on renewables fueled an energy crisis—families face soaring bills, businesses struggle. ???? Brits want more climate action, not less! Lib Dems back home-grown energy—no more reliance on Putin #RenewableEnergy #EnergyCrisis #LibDems #ClimateAction ????⚡ https://x.com/pippaheylings/status/1907474491179151410/video/1 [Source]

• 25 Mar 2025: Tweet

  RT @ClimateAPPG: Today we hosted a roundtable in parliament to discuss ‘Putting the UK on track for a fair energy transition’. We were del… [Source]

• 25 Mar 2025: Tweet

  RT @ClimateAPPG: ????The workforce need more support to transition, such as extending the skills passport. ????Boost UK supply chain industries… [Source]

• 21 Mar 2025: Tweet

  Kemi Badenoch has recklessly said Net Zero by 2050 “impossible”—by already admitting defeat, it will be. Scrapping climate targets will set the UK back, hike bills & boost Putin’s fossil fuel profits. We need clean energy, not policies that leave Britain worse off #netzero https://x.com/pippaheylings/status/1903119452972908677/photo/1 [Source]

• 12 Mar 2025: Tweet

  Yesterday, I Chaired the Climate APPG on the @theCCCuk 7th Carbon Budget: a plan to cut UK emissions 87% by 2042. Key for cheaper energy, security & green tech. Great insights from CCC experts! ????⚡ #NetZero #CCC https://x.com/pippaheylings/status/1899762003104645269/photo/1 [Source]

• 05 Mar 2025: Tweet

  Yesterday, with Liberal Democrats for Nature and Climate, I hosted the @theCCCuk in Westminster to brief Lib Dem MPs on the 7th Carbon Budget. The UK must lead on renewables, energy security & green growth. ????⚡ #NetZero https://x.com/pippaheylings/status/1897339784542216460/photo/1 [Source]

• 27 Feb 2025: Tweet

  RT @Gill_Morris: Great @NZAPPG session &kick-off meeting in our series on the innovation and incentives needed to accelerate #NetZero trans… [Source]

• 27 Feb 2025: Tweet

  The Climate Change Committee's 7th Carbon Budget urges action to meet climate targets while boosting energy security & economic growth. LDs call for a 10-year upgrade programme, zero-carbon homes & an energy social tariff to tackle fuel poverty (???? w. Piers Foster Chair of CCC) https://x.com/pippaheylings/status/1895153170650673230/photo/1 [Source]

• 25 Feb 2025: Tweet

  RT @NetZeroAPPG: @pippaheylings spoke about communicating the co- benefits of net zero, like warmer homes from insulation and benefits for… [Source]

• 25 Feb 2025: Tweet

  RT @NetZeroAPPG: Full house here in Portcullis House as we discuss how we can deliver clean power by 2030! #NetZero https://x.com/NetZeroAPPG/status/1894446205616189846/photo/1 [Source]

• 24 Feb 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  I extend my thanks to colleagues in the other place, the Public Bill Office staff and those in this House who served on the Bill Committee. Their efforts have been invaluable in scrutinising and refining the Bill. I support the Bill. However, the Liberal Democrat amendments seek to ensure that it delivers for both people and the planet. While the Bill presents opportunities—it aims to enhance energy security, create new jobs and bring us closer to achieving our climate targets—we must not lose sight of the need for financial accountability, proportionate borrowing caps, the duty to protect nature in the marine environment and the necessity of taking communities with us and providing them with clear, tangible benefits.

  It is important to note that our discussion coincides with the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its consequences not only for the Ukrainians suffering the war, but for families here in the UK with volatile, skyrocketing energy prices due to our reliance on fossil fuels from authoritarian regimes like Putin’s: a stark reminder of the need to secure the production of our energy here in the UK. The last Conservative Government set the UK back both in meeting our climate targets and in seizing the opportunity to be global leaders in green energy due to indecision and broken pledges. We have the chance to be global leaders in offshore floating wind, which is why the Bill is so important.

  By clearly defining sustainable development in the Crown Estate’s framework agreement, the amendment would establish a benchmark for accountability in line with existing legislation. In contrast with the amendment tabled by the hon. Member for Mid and South Pembrokeshire, this amendment mentions nature, too, and builds on the agreements in the other House. It seeks to enshrine the assurances given to the Lords, ensuring that the framework agreement would indeed include a climate and nature duty, aligning the Crown Estate’s responsibilities with the UK’s legally binding climate targets under the Climate Change Act 2008 and nature restoration goals under the Environment Act 2021. It is about more than environmental stewardship; it is about future-proofing the Crown Estate’s decisions against the economic risks of climate change and nature loss.

  I hope that the Government and the Opposition will join the Liberal Democrats in supporting amendment 2 to ensure that sustainable development within the Crown Estate’s framework agreement is clearly defined and includes a climate and nature duty. The Bill presents a trident of opportunity—it can enhance energy security, create jobs and bring us closer to achieving our net zero targets—but we cannot afford to lose sight of the need for financial accountability, the duty to protect nature, and the need to ensure that all communities are included in the crucial journey to net zero.

  The Bill means more funding for renewable energy, more investment in advanced manufacturing and more demand for the products we make in Wolverhampton and Willenhall. More investment means more jobs, more apprenticeships and more chances for young people to get the skills they need to build a career in the industries of the future, whether in engineering, fabrication or high-tech manufacturing. The Bill will help us to build more, make more and sell more in Wolverhampton and Willenhall, right in the heart of the Black Country.

  Just this morning, the CBI has said that Britain’s net zero economy is booming. The sector is growing three times faster than the overall UK economy, the average salary in the net zero sector is £5,600 higher than the national average and productivity in the sector is nearly 40% higher than in the wider economy. Does my hon. Friend agree that this is an industrial opportunity for this country that we cannot afford to ignore, and that this Bill will help us to realise this opportunity and make it more achievable?

  Just down the coast in the village of Happisburgh, the Norfolk Boreas and the Norfolk Vanguard wind farms make their landfall. Happisburgh has been at the frontline of the coastal erosion suffered in north Norfolk, with 40 homes already lost to the ever-encroaching North sea. This is a village battling the real-world impacts of climate change, and it is doing its bit to fight back by hosting renewable energy infrastructure, but it has had no additional protections. This double standard seems deeply unfair. It is in our interest to protect the renewable energy infrastructure we are building, but it is also in our interest to protect the communities that live alongside it.

  People in Happisburgh have lived with the looming threat of coastal erosion and frequently feel left behind or forgotten about, and it seems as though this is just another example of this happening. I am sure that if there were an erosion risk of this scale in central London or the south-east, the Government would move heaven and earth to take action, but in North Norfolk, right at the eastern edge of our island nation, people feel despondent about the situation they are facing. Our amendment seeks to right this wrong. We believe that when these reforms to the Crown Estate allow for new renewable energy products, efforts must be made to secure the coastline where they make landfall. Renewables are our future, and we have to make sure that the communities that host key infrastructure have a future too.

  I am aware that the Minister did not support this amendment in Committee. I am not expecting the recess to have led him to a Damascene conversion, but I hope that he can provide some reassurance today on how the Government will look at this double standard for energy products and what steps they will be taking to provide protection to villages such as Happisburgh that are doing all the right things but feel they do not get their fair share back. I would also be happy to welcome him and any of his Government colleagues to Happisburgh to see the situation for themselves. I honestly believe that bearing witness to the way that our coastline is being ravaged by climate change, meeting the people it affects and understanding what we are set to lose will spark anyone into supporting radical action to stop this coming to pass. I would be delighted if the Government could back our amendment today, but if they are unable to do so, I hope that the Minister’s team will be able to provide promises of progress for the residents of Happisburgh and all the other communities who live with the existential threat of coastal erosion.

  Full debate: Crown Estate Bill [Lords]

  “a duty to achieve any targets set out under Part 1 of the Climate Change Act 2008 or under sections 1 to 3 of the Environment Act 2021.”

  I am getting vibes from the Whip, Madam Deputy Speaker, so I might not respond as fully as I had hoped to some of the remaining amendments. However, I will address amendment 5, which I know matters to several Labour Members who have spoken to it. Amendment 5, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Mid and South Pembrokeshire (Henry Tufnell), would require the commissioners, when keeping the impact of their activities under review with respect to clause 3, to have regard to the UK’s net zero targets, regional economic growth and resilience of energy security. I thank my hon. Friend for the discussions that he and I had on this topic both before Committee and last week. A version of the amendment was debated in Committee. I particularly thank my hon. Friends the Members for Truro and Falmouth (Jayne Kirkham), for St Austell and Newquay (Noah Law) and for Camborne and Redruth (Perran Moon) for engaging with me on this matter, and setting out so clearly what is important to them in the constituencies they represent.

  Full debate: Crown Estate Bill [Lords]