Petition · past parliament

Reinstate the Department for Energy and Climate Change

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

The new government reorganisation has abolished the Department for Energy and Climate Change. Climate change is not being prioritised in the new Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, under Greg Clark, evidenced by not even mentioning climate in the title.
Climate change has to be taken seriously and is a serious threat. There is a lack of understanding of the threat that climate change poses and it is deeply worrying that our government is seeing climate change as an afterthought to the Brexit negotiations. Climate change requires a dedicated minister, separated especially from Business and Industrial Strategy that drives a linear economy and compounds climate change. The new government reorganisation should move the UK forwards, not backwards.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

17 Jul 2016 Petition opened for signatures
22 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 22 Jul 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.