Source: Chatham House –
Director of Environment and Society Centre gives evidence to UK Parliament Energy Committee
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Ana Yang gave evidence to the UK Parliament’s Energy Security and Net Zero Committee on 8 July, discussing the UK’s role in international climate policy.
Ana Yang, Director of Chatham House’s Environment and Society Centre, gave evidence to the UK Parliament’s Energy Security and Net Zero Committee on 8 July, as part of an inquiry examining the UK’s priorities and global standing as a leader on climate action.
In the second session, Ana discussed how the UK can build on and strengthen its climate leadership on the global stage in an increasingly challenging fiscal, economic and political environment.
Ana described the changed geopolitical environment since the 2015 Paris Agreement, where climate change action is completely entangled with geopolitics – including rivalry between the US and China, US disengagement with the COP climate process and the war with Iran.
During her evidence Ana said:
‘What we also see with the Strait of Hormuz…is almost this bifurcation of the petro states and electro states.
‘And then the question is what can you do in terms of the UNFCCC and COP negotiation in setting targets and sending the signals? But then the biggest question is, what does implementation look like? Implementation needs to link to national interests. It needs to link to prosperity…it needs to also link to the security issue.’
Addressing UK climate policy she said:
‘What is the re-industrialization story for the UK… there is a missing story. In the process of clean transition, can the UK reinvent itself and think about what are the next generation of green industrial policies that will transform this country? That will inspire people, have more jobs…that is the story that is missing that connects climate to everybody’s daily life…’