Climate Checkpoint Plan: 2022

The UK government has launched a consultation on its climate checkpoint plan for new oil and gas developments.

Following the North Sea Transition Deal of 2021 - which aims to deliver the skills, innovation and new infrastructure required to decarbonise North Sea production by harnessing the industry's existing capabilities, infrastructure, and private investment potential - the climate checkpoint plan  seeks to facilitate the energy transition by ensuring that any new licences for oil and gas developments are aligned with the government's climate change commitments, including the 2050 net zero target.

The proposed tests against which new licences would be assessed include:

• domestic demand for oil and gas;