Climate change and energy
Climate change is the greatest environmental challenge facing the world today. Rising global temperatures will bring changes in weather patterns, rising sea levels and increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather. The effects will be felt in the UK; internationally there may be severe problems for people in regions that are particularly vulnerable.
The UK is acting now to adapt to climate change and to reduce the risk by reducing our contribution to the causes. These pages explains what climate change means for the UK and what we are doing about it.
Low carbon technology: Environmental Transformation Fund
The Environmental Transformation Fund has been increased to £400m over the next three years; the first set of schemes to be funded by Defra's share of the new joint Defra/BERR fund has been announced. (see Defra news release) (21 February 2008)
Latest information
Selected additions to this site and other relevant government websites
What is climate change?
The greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, effects
of climate change globally and in the UK
What
we are doing in the UK
Information about the 2007 draft Climate Change Bill; the UK Climate Change Programme; initiatives for individuals and business; adapting to climate change; energy issues.
What
we are doing internationally
International negotiations including UN Climate
Change Conferences; developing
countries; the EU, Kyoto Mechanisms and the Intergovernmental
Panel on
Climate
Change.
Evidence & research: science & economics
Links to relevant documents including work on the cost of carbon
Emissions trading
UK and EU emissions trading schemes
See also:
Page last modified: 21 February 2008