A Bill to require the Secretary of State to achieve climate and nature targets for the United Kingdom; to give the Secretary of State a duty to implement a strategy to achieve those targets; to establish a Climate and Nature Assembly to advise the Secretary of State in creating that strategy; to give duties to the Committee on Climate Change and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee regarding the strategy and targets; and for connected purposes.
Territorial extent
England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland
Legislative history
Bill title
Climate and Nature Bill
Introduced by
Alex Sobel
Introduced
21 March 2024
First reading
21 March 2024
Second reading
17 May 2024
Summary
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to achieve climate and nature targets for the United Kingdom; to give the Secretary of State a duty to implement a strategy to achieve those targets; to establish a Climate and Nature Assembly to advise the Secretary of State in creating that strategy; to give duties to the Committee on Climate Change and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee regarding the strategy and targets; and for connected purposes.
Status: Pending
The Climate and Nature Bill, formerly promoted as the Climate and Ecology Bill, is a private member's bill before the Parliament of the United Kingdom aimed at tackling the climate crisis and environmental disaster.
The bill, which is currently before the House of Commons following its reintroduction on 21 March 2024, would ensure that the UK Government:
reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in line with the UK's proportionate share of the remaining global carbon budget for 1.5°C
reverses the damage to the natural world by 2030
establishes a temporary climate and nature (citizens') assembly to recommend measures for inclusion in an all-of-government strategy.
In the Commons, the bill has been presented twice by (the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, and former Green Party leader) Caroline Lucas. In the 2019-21 session, the first reading of the CE Bill (Bill 172, 2019-20) took place on 2 September 2020.
In the 2021-22 session, the CE Bill (Bill 61, 2021-22) had its first reading on 21 June 2021. A second reading debate was scheduled for 6 May 2022—but the bill was not allocated time to proceed.
In the 2022-23 session, the CE Bill (HL Bill 13) was introduced in the House of Lords by (Liberal Democrat peer and former energy spokesperson) Lord Redesdale. Its first reading took place on 21 May 2022, second reading was 15 July 2022, committee stage was 18 November 2022, report stage was 25 January 2023, and third reading was 21 April.
In the same 2022-23 session, the CE Bill (No.2) (Bill 304, 2022-23) was reintroduced in the House of Commons by Olivia Blake (Labour, Sheffield Hallam) on 10 May 2023.
In the 2023-24 session, the CAN Bill was reintroduced in the House of Commons by Alex Sobel MP (Labour Co-op, Leeds North West) on 21 March 2024.
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