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HANSARDClimate Change: Aims for COP 28The noble and right reverend Lord makes an important point. Agriculture is one of the most difficult areas to decarbonise. It is of course linked into a lot of the action that has…28 Nov 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Aims for COP 28My Lords, we want progress in five areas: ambitious new commitments and action, including a pathway to keep 1.5 degrees centigrade within reach of the global stock-take; scaling…28 Nov 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Aims for COP 28Well, I just said in my previous answer that we have not reduced our commitment to international climate finance and all the various areas that it covers. The Prime Minister and…28 Nov 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Aims for COP 28The noble Baroness is right that action on methane is important. It is one of the focuses for discussion that we will take forward. I have answered questions on flaring before in…28 Nov 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Aims for COP 28I do not want to repeat the five points that I have made. Obviously, we want to make progress on all of them. That is probably unrealistic; it is a negotiation and there are many…28 Nov 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Aims for COP 28Flaring and venting is something to be avoided by all member states. The noble Baroness is right that we do import a lot of liquid natural gas. Of course, if she and others were…28 Nov 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Aims for COP 28The noble Lord never disappoints in terms of his advocacy for more taxes on—well, everyone, effectively. He might want to talk to his own Front Bench about some of these policies.…28 Nov 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Aims for COP 28The noble Lord makes an important point. We helped to secure an agreement on the Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity framework to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030, and…28 Nov 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Aims for COP 28The noble Baroness asks the question on the day that the first international flight with sustainable aviation fuel was launched by, I think, Virgin Atlantic, across to the US.…28 Nov 2023HANSARDElectricity Network Connection Action PlanThe noble Lord points to the main problem that we have, which is that there is a large queue of projects running into many hundreds of gigawatts. The whole purpose of the action…22 Nov 2023HANSARDElectricity Network Connection Action PlanMy noble friend asks good questions. The figures are that peak demand for electricity is expected to increase from 47 gigawatts in 2022 to between 90 and 120 gigawatts in 2035, as…22 Nov 2023HANSARDElectricity Network Connection Action PlanOf course, there are still some onshore wind connections being built in both Scotland and Wales, and a few in England as well. We are committed to looking at the barriers that…22 Nov 2023HANSARDElectricity Network Connection Action PlanI have a certain amount of sympathy with what my noble friend says, but the reality is that we need this new infrastructure and, unfortunately, it is not possible to say that no…22 Nov 2023HANSARDElectricity Network Connection Action PlanThe noble Lord is absolutely right: the FSO role is absolutely key, and we are progressing work on that as quickly as possible. It is really important to get it up and running,…22 Nov 2023HANSARDElectricity Network Connection Action PlanI congratulate the noble Baroness on tabling her Question for today, which is a fantastic coincidence and shows her great foresight on this. She is right that the construction of…22 Nov 2023HANSARDElectricity Network Connection Action PlanIndeed, we are working with both the Scottish and Welsh Governments. There is tremendous public support for offshore wind; it has been our biggest expansion mechanism. But of…22 Nov 2023HANSARDElectricity Network Connection Action PlanMy Lords, the Connections Action Plan is published today. The plan will significantly reduce connection delays from the current average of five years to no more than six months…22 Nov 2023HANSARDElectricity Network Connection Action PlanI think the noble Baroness will find that Ofgem’s view is that it was already fulfilling that mandate—and, of course, the vast majority of the new connections are because of new…22 Nov 2023HANSARDElectricity Network Connection Action PlanIf that were the case then, yes, I would agree with the noble Lord that it is a farcical situation.22 Nov 2023HANSARDElectricity Network Connection Action PlanI am not sure I understand the point my noble friend is making. The reason we have a national grid is to distribute electricity around the country so that all communities get the…22 Nov 2023