Speeches

Matthew Offord – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Matthew Offord on 2014-07-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the UK’s performance towards the targets in the Kyoto protocol on emission reduction targets between 2008 and 2012.

Amber Rudd

The UK has a target for the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol to reduce its emissions by an average 12.5 per cent below base year levels over the five-year period 2008-12.