Response to 皇冠体育app Independent newspaper regarding government green policy
Edward Davey's letter to 皇冠体育app Independent newspaper rebutting claims made in their article published 6 August 2013.
Sir
皇冠体育app global climate change investment survey you report (Tues 6 August ) highlights the need for governments to put in place the right conditions to drive private money into low carbon projects. I am pleased to say that is exactly what the UK is doing. Indeed there is no criticism in the survey of UK Government policy.
皇冠体育app survey sets out the need for 鈥渃onsistent legal frameworks regulating greenhouse gas emissions and incentivising clean energy investment鈥�. This is what the Energy Bill before Parliament does, with the potential to create 250,000 jobs in the energy sector by 2020.
We now have two and a half critical years leading to the end of 2015 to get the international politics aligned. Britain will lead the argument for low carbon economics, by demonstrating how it can work at home and succeeding in this global race for a cleaner, greener future.
Edward Davey
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change