FAQs

About the Bill

• What will the Climate and Ecology Bill do? →
• Where can I read the Climate and Ecology Bill? →

Background

• What is causing ecological breakdown? →
• What is causing climate breakdown? →
• What is the climate & ecological emergency? →

Climate & Nature Assembly

• Aren't citizens' assemblies undemocratic? →
• Haven't previous citizens assemblies around the world failed to deliver? →
• What is the Climate & Nature Assembly mentioned in the Bill? →

Fairness

• Why is equity important when tackling climate change? →
• The UK is small compared to China, so does it really make any difference what we do? →

How can this Bill become law?

• What is a Private Members’ Bill and why are we using one? →
• How did the CE Bill campaign begin? →
• What is the plan for the 2023 Parliamentary session? →

Technical Solutions

• What are Natural Climate Solutions, and can they help? →
• Does the Bill reject Negative Emission Technologies (NETs) like Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)? →
• What is the role of hydrogen? →

Why the Bill is needed

• Britain has cut emissions by almost 50% since 1990, so aren't we on track? →
• Aren’t we ahead of other countries’ climate and nature targets? →
• Isn’t the UK already addressing the nature crisis? →
• Isn’t the UK already addressing the climate crisis? →