Climate change - Latest
Selected additions to this site and other relevant government websites are advertised below.
- Making the right choices for our future: An economic framework for designing policies to reduce carbon emissions (16 March 2009)
- DECC consultation on Draft Order to implement the Carbon Reduction Commitment; CRC User Guide published (12 March 2009)
- DECC consultation on the form and content of new Climate Change Agreements (12 March 2009)
- Carbon offsetting providers asked to submit applications under the Quality Assurance Scheme (30 January 2009)
- Read about the Rural Climate Change Forum (RCCF) in the latest edition of Farming Link (31 December 2008)
- Memorandum of Understanding signed between the UK and Indonesia (11 December 2008)
- UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) 14, Poznan (December 2008)
- Committee on Climate Change established and their report “Building a low-carbon economy” published (1 December 2008)
- Climate Change Act 2008 receives Royal Assent (27 November 2008)
- Minister challenges IT industry to help fight climate change (19 November 2008)
- What's the carbon footprint of your product? (29 October 2008)
- The Prime Minister today announced the creation of a new Department of Energy and Climate Change which will be able to give an even greater focus to solving the twin challenges of climate change and energy supply. A news story has been published (3 October 2008)
- The fuel poverty strategy - 6th annual progress report presents the statistics for the numbers in fuel poverty across the UK for 2006 (2 October 2008)
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2006 Carbon Dioxide emissions at Local Authority and Government Office Region level have been published (18 September 2008)
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A Strategy for the Environmental Transformation Fund, setting out how the fund will operate, has been published (12 September 2008)
- Government package of measures to tackle rising energy prices - see our "household sector" pages, also Defra news release (11 September 2008)
- CHP Focus launched to support the development of CHP in the UK (2 September 2008)
- Defra launches new adapting to climate change website (24 July 2008)
- Defra today published the second annual report to Parliament on the UK Climate Change Programme. It sets out data on greenhouse gas emissions in the UK and the steps taken by Government to reduce these emissions. (17 July 2008)
- Enhanced Capital Allowances - revised lists of criteria and products (16 July 2008)
- Attitudes to climate change - Youth (Eng) - LVQ, a specialist youth research agency interviewed a random sample of 749 youngsters in England, aged 11-17. Fieldwork was carried out from May 24-30, 2006 and the research findings are available. (16 July 2008)
- Schools to be included in the Carbon Reduction Commitment; proposed scheme wide amendments (16 July 2008)
- EU ETS: release of 2007 emission results (20 May 2008)
- Climate change in Our World - collaboration between Google, UK Government, the Met Office Hadley Centre and the British Antarctic Survey to develop animations for Google Earth (19 May 2008)
- Committee on Climate Change: work plan (details how it will fulfill its duties under the Climate Change Bill) - deadline for comments 20 June 2008 (13 May 2008)
- Consultation on the EU Commission's proposals to amend the EU ETS from 2013 (7 May 2008)
- Research into sustainability impacts of biofuels (14 April 2008)
- Climate Change Bill - final Impact Assessment published (4 April 2008)
- ACT ON CO2 advice line launched - call 0800 512 012 to find out how energy suppliers are required to help you tackle climate change - Read more... See also Green Neighbourhoods, and Defra news release - Benn takes the fight against climate change Into homes and communities (2 April 2008)
- UK on track to meet Kyoto targets as emissions continue to fall (News release) (27 March 2008)
- Statistical Release: UK climate change sustainable development indicator (News release) (27 March 2008)
- Funding for Low Carbon Technologies: 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. (21 February 2008)
- The Secretary of State announced the framework for the Code of Best Practice for Carbon Offsetting (19 February 2008)
- Summary of the Government’s proposals for strengthening the Climate Change Bill together with the 2050 target review terms of reference and associated news release (18 February 2008)
- UK welcomes EU climate change proposals (News release) (23 January 2008)
Page last modified: 12 March 2009
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