Key amongst the details published as part of these announcements are:
- 鈥� sets out how the government will deliver on energy security and net zero goals in three volumes
- the Government鈥檚
- the Government Response to
The update to the 2021 Net Zero strategy has come in response to the legal challenge presented by the High Court that the government鈥檚 Net Zero strategy was deemed to be 鈥榠nadequate.鈥� 鈥楶owering up Britain鈥� incorporates the government鈥檚 announcement last year on their , published in response to rising gas prices and the war in Ukraine.
What鈥檚 new for farmers?
Defra has published a 鈥渇or scaling up private investment in nature recovery and sustainable farming鈥�. The Framework aims to develop the growth of nature markets to give farmers greater opportunity to access private sector funding.
Included in this framework, is a commitment to develop a for measuring on farm emissions. The government will also set out by 2024 how farmers will be supported to measure and reduce their GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emissions.
NFU Deputy President Tom Bradshaw welcomed the new approach: 鈥淲e have been asking Defra for support with harmonised on-farm greenhouse gas auditing and data gathering for some time, so this announcement is a positive step towards British farmers reaching our net zero by 2040 ambition.
鈥淲e look forward to working with Defra on the details of how farmers and growers will be supported to measure and reduce their emissions,鈥� he concluded.
Other details covered a call for evidence on eliminating biodegradable waste being sent to landfill by 2028 and an estimation that 鈥榟igh efficacy鈥� methane inhibiting feed additives will be on the market from 2025. There was also a recognition that the dairy sector increased milk production between 2000 and 2020 with 21% fewer cows and 12% less GHG emissions.
鈥�This announcement is a positive step towards British farmers reaching our net zero by 2040 ambition."
NFU Deputy President Tom Bradshaw
鈥楶owering up Britain鈥� at a glance
The new net zero strategy has number of overall aims including:
- a potential doubling of Britain鈥檚 electricity generation capacity by the late 2030s.
- moving existing 鈥済reen levies鈥� on electricity bills over to gas pricing so as not to penalise households and businesses for using increasingly-decarbonised electricity instead of gas for
heating - exploration of the potential for innovative electricity imports
On renewable energy, the government plans to establish an industry taskforce which will publish a 2024 roadmap on how to grow solar power to five time its current capacity by 2035. There will be no changes to agricultural land classification that might constrain solar farm deployment.
皇家华人also welcomed promises to speed up the planning process for new renewable energy developments but reiterates its message that parallel reforms to the grid connection process are equally important.
Lack of clarity
皇家华人remains concerned around the lack of clarity on bioenergy and greenhouse gas removal, key elements of our own 2040 net zero ambition.
The NFU's net zero team will continue to work through the documents published by government and their implications.听
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