Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill - CAFOD response

Brent Delta oil rig. Photo by Kevin Harris on Unsplash

Ahead of today's second reading on the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill, Neil Thorns, CAFOD's Director of Advocacy, said: "Forcing MPs on their first day in Parliament in 2024 to vote for more fossil fuel drilling sends a worrying signal about the government's climate aspirations for the year ahead.

"The government seems to be failing to join the dots between the floods that are wreaking havoc on communities here in the UK, the weather disasters that devastated so many communities overseas in 2023 and its own responsibility to fight the climate crisis.

"The Prime Minister needs to drop his oil and gas Bill fast if he's serious about acting on the pledge he and other world leaders made at COP28 to transition away from fossil fuels."

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CAFOD: www.cafod.org.uk