Rishi Sunak has defended a planned expansion of oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, claiming it is “entirely consistent” with the government’s goal to reach net zero by 2050. But critics claimed the decision sent “a wrecking ball through the UK’s climate commitments”, with one Tory MP warning the prime minister would end up “on the wrong side of history” if it went ahead. Sky’s economics and data editor Ed Conway has analysed how carbon-intensive is oil and gas that comes out of the North Sea compared with other countries around the world.
Energy Security: How carbon-intensive is North Sea’s oil and gas?
