Object

Representation ID: 102

Received: 11/10/2019

Respondent: Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

NWT do not consider this policy to be sound because it lags behind the national recognition of the climate emergency and the need to reduce the use of fossil fuels. The policy should commit to a reduction in output of oil and gas over the plan period in order to be consistent with the Government’s most recent target to reduce climate changing gas emissions by 2050 to 100% below 1990 levels as stated in The Climate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019. This Plan period encompasses the 4th and 5th Carbon Budget periods, with Government targets for cuts in CO2 emissions of 51% by 2025 and 57% by 2030, so there should be a reduction in oil and gas extraction from the County in the MLP in order to make Nottinghamshire’s contribution to meeting those targets

In addition NWT object in principle to the premise of developing unconventional hydrocarbon resources, both for climate change reasons but specifically also where the short term and long term impacts are poorly understand in relation to Nottinghamshire’s heavily fractured sandstone geology and aquifer.