Paris Climate Agreement (FOI)

Request

Jersey has signed up to the Paris Climate Agreement. Please can you provide details on what Jersey's Government has agreed to do to meet this obligation, and if it includes geo-engineering and spraying chemicals in our skies thank you

Response

The United Kingdom's ratification of the Paris agreement was extended to Jersey in May 2022. It sets out a continued framework for reporting on the island's emissions and commits Jersey to an ambitious emissions reduction trajectory, with the target of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. There are also interim targets of 68% reductions by 2030 and 78% by 2035, with the baseline of 1990 emissions.

Paris Agreement extended to Jersey (gov.je)

The States Assembly approved the Carbon Neutral Roadmap in April 2022, which sets out policies needed to reach these targets.  It includes a broad range of policies that require further detailed development but are focussed mainly on emissions reductions from the main emission sectors of transport and heating.  None of these policies include geo-engineering or spraying of chemicals into the skies. Information is publicly available on www.gov.je. Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

Carbon Neutral Roadmap (gov.je)

Article applied

Article 23 - Information accessible to applicant by other means

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge.

(2) A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information.