United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 40550
Economic Growth: Carbon Emissions
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27 April 2020
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5 May 2020 · Answer
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his UN speech of 6 March 2020, whether his statement that green growth is absolutely possible is based on evidence (a) that absolute decoupling of gross domestic
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27 April 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his UN speech of 6 March 2020, whether his statement that green growth is absolutely possible is based on evidence (a) that absolute decoupling of gross domestic
Source: Commons
5 May 2020
Answer
Green Growth is absolutely possible. Between 1990 and 2018, the UK reduced emissions by 43% while growing our economy by 75% – decarbonising our economy faster than any other G20 country since 2000. The latest statistics show that UK emissions on a consum...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-04-27/40550
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1190476
- uk · wq-1190476 · source updated 5 May 2020