Abigail Oil and Gas Field in the North Sea

That the Parliament considers that to respond to the recommendations by the UK Climate Change Committee (UK CCC), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and the International Energy Agency (IEA) on limiting global temperature increases to 1.5°C and well below 2°C, a rapid and sustained reduction in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions is required; further considers that investment, licensing, and development of new oil and gas fields, such as Abigail oil and gas field in the North Sea, which has reportedly been recently approved by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), contradicts guidance from UK CCC, IPCC, and IEA and, it believes, undermines the Scottish Government and UK Government objectives on achieving net-zero by 2045 and 2050, respectively; calls on the UK Government to ensure that all oil and gas exploration and production is in line with the Paris Agreement’s target of limiting temperature rises to 1.5°C, and notes the latest report by Friends of the Earth Scotland and Oil Change International, which calls for a halt to investment in new oil and gas development, the setting of an end date for oil and gas production, and redirecting financial and policy support towards a just transition for the north east that leaves no one behind.