James Sunderland questions the COP26 President about the balance between the desire for net zero and the acute reality that we still need to extract hydrocarbons, not least to keep energy costs down.
James Sunderland (Bracknell) (Con)
T6. How does the COP President reconcile his narrative of the global leadership required for COP26 and net zero with the acute reality that we still need to extract hydrocarbons, not least to keep energy costs down? (905156)
Alok Sharma (The President of COP26)
Of course, as I said earlier, we want to see an orderly transition to net zero in our energy mix, which includes oil and gas, but the answer to delivering net zero, keeping bills under control and ensuring security of supply is to continue to build out our world-leading offshore wind sector and invest in nuclear and hydrogen, as this Government are doing.