Minister, thanks for being here. It's wonderful to have you here to talk with us about the infrastructure program.
I want to ask you broadly about the the impacts of the infrastructure program that you are managing at the moment, under two headings. The first is the impact on climate change, on severe weather and on GHG reductions, the impact on our ability to reach our 2050 net-zero targets. We'll go there first.
Secondarily, if we have time, I'd like to ask you about the economic benefits in communities across the country.
Perhaps you could start with the environmental, climate and carbon impacts.