VoteClimate: Environment Council - 17th October 2016

Environment Council - 17th October 2016

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Environment Council.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-10-17/debates/1610178000010/EnvironmentCouncil

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Dr Thérèse Coffey)

I am attending the EU Environment Council in Luxembourg on the 17 October, along with my hon Friend the Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry (Nick Hurd MP).

Under legislative activities the Council will debate proposals for a regulation on binding annual greenhouse gas emissions reductions by member states from 2021 to 2030 and on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework.

b) Communication on decarbonisation of the transport strategy.

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