Interministerial Group for Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change communiqué: 17 October 2024

The Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change Interministerial Group met on 17 October 2024, in Edinburgh. The meeting was chaired by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP (UK government).

Attendees

The attending ministers were as follows.

From the UK government

The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, and Michael Shanks MP, Minister for Energy

From the Scottish Government

Gillian Martin MSP, Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy, and Dr Alasdair Allan MSP, Acting Minister for Climate Action,

From the Welsh Government

Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs (attended virtually)

From the Northern Ireland Executive

Andrew Muir MLA, Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (attended virtually), and Conor Murphy MLA, Minister for the Economy (attended virtually)

 What was discussed

The Interministerial Group considered items on meeting our Net Zero ambitions and decarbonising the power sector, which included discussion of each administration’s priorities, challenges, key milestones and areas for cross-UK action in meeting these ambitions.

The group also agreed to endorse a paper on future collaboration which outlines presumptive principles for engagement, and resolved to refresh the group’s Terms of Reference before the group’s next meeting.