Brexit implications for energy and climate change policy explored by committee
8 July 2016
The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee questions experts from UCL and Chatham House about the possible impact of Brexit on EU and UK energy and climate change policy.
- Parliament TV: Potential implications of Brexit for energy and climate change policy
- EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee
- The policy implications of Brexit for energy and climate change policy - transcript [PDF]
- The policy implications of Brexit for energy and climate change policy - transcript [HTML]
Witnesses
Wednesday 13 July in Committee Room 2, Palace of Westminster
At 11.00am
- Professor Michael Grubb, Professor of International Energy and Climate Change Policy, University College London
- Antony Froggatt, Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House
Likely Questions
- What will be the main short and long term impact of Brexit on UK and post-Brexit EU energy and climate change policy?
- Depending on the nature of the future relationship with the EU, what EU laws and requirements regarding energy and climate change policy will the UK continue to be bound by (explicitly or implicitly)?
- How integrated is the UK energy market with the rest of Europe and how might this change as a result of Brexit?
- How dependent is the UK on energy imports and what impact might Brexit have on the security of supply and the UK energy mix?
- Will leaving the EU change the climate change targets and requirements for the UK?
- What does Brexit mean for the UK's role in future international climate diplomacy?
Further Information
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