![]() If you're coming to this fresh and are in a bit of a daze, don't worry, let's get you up to speed in 100 words: PA Media Copyright: PA Media Sunak visited Aberdeen as he made the announcement about oil and gas licences this morning Image caption: Sunak visited Aberdeen as he made the announcement about oil and gas licences this morning Only around 40m tonnes of carbon are sequestered each year. While the technology is proven, it is only at a small scale. It allows petro-chemicals and refining to continue, while mitigating emissions. If it works at scale, it can allow generators to continue making electricity from gas, oil and even coal. The opposition to it is not the concept, but mistrust of industry motives - it provides a means for the oil and gas industry to keep drilling.īut it's not just the industry with that need. But in doing so, it's a highly industrial answer to the challenge. Carbon capture and storage has been at the other end of the spectrum (if you need a recap of what it is, check our previous post).Īlthough the industry hopes to bring down the cost of capture from £80 to £100 per tonne, it aims to reduce that to below £40. So lower the thermostat and improve insulation. Of all the ways of reducing carbon emissions, the cheapest way is simple: don't burn oil and gas. Under the Paris Agreement nearly 200 countriesĪgreed to try to limit average global temperature rises to 1.5C, which would stave off some of the worst effects of climate change. Was signed at the end of 2015, Germany has reduced its emissions at a faster However, since a key international climate agreement, called the Paris Agreement, Germany is in second place among the G7, having cut its Products that the UK imports from abroad, for example. It doesn’t account for the UK’s totalĬarbon footprint, which includes emissions related to the manufacture of UK, in line with international standards. This figure refers to greenhouse gas emissions within the Up to the end of 2022, according to government data. It is true the UK has decarbonised faster when comparingĬuts to greenhouse gas emissions since 1990. Seven largest so-called "advanced" economies, which includes the UK. ![]() The G7 (Group of Seven) is an organisation of the world's The UK has “decarbonised faster than any other G7 country.” In this morning's BBC Scotland interview, Rishi Sunak claimed It was edited by James Harness, Victoria Lindrea, Jamie Whitehead and Dulcie Lee. Today's live page was written by Andre Rhoden-Paul, Anna Boyd, Emily McGarvey, Gem O'Reilly, Charlene Anne Rodrigues, Jacqueline Howard, Sean Seddon and Malu Cursino. Understand what carbon capture is and how it can help fight climate change hereįind out more about the oil and gas licences here Get a summary of they key points in our main story here We're ending our live coverage but you can: Sunak also announced support for a carbon capture project, which will trap planet-warming CO2 emissions and bury them under the sea in north east Scotland. will do nothing for our energy security, and drive a coach and horses through our climate commitments". Shadow climate change secretary Ed Miliband said Sunak's "weak and confused policy. Sunak defended the new licences, saying they were "entirely consistent" with government climate commitments.īut critics say today's plans show the government is not serious about tackling climate change. Speaking from Aberdeenshire, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the government would grant 100 new North Sea oil and gas licences. We're wrapping up our live coverage, so let's recap the day. ![]() ![]() PA Media Copyright: PA Media Rishi Sunak visited a Shell plant in Aberdeenshire earlier Image caption: Rishi Sunak visited a Shell plant in Aberdeenshire earlier ![]()
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