The Prime Minister created the Department to give an even greater focus to solving the twin challenges of climate change and energy supply. The Department brings together much of the Climate Change Group, previously housed within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), with the Energy Group from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR).
The results of a major new scientific assessment of climate change has been published today, highlighting the effects the world could face if global temperature changes are not limited to two degrees.The assessment commissioned by Chris Huhne, the UK’s Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, and lead by the Met Office Hadley Centre studied 24 different countries, from developed to developing. It notes that all the countries in the study have warmed since the 1960s and that the occurrence of...
Funds issued for the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund have surged by £8 million in one week – taking the new scheme’s three week total to £16.5 million issued, according to industry estimates.
4490 households have applied for the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund which offers instant money back for making energy saving home improvements.
Climate Change Minister Greg Barker, said:
“With the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund off to such an encouraging start, it’s the perfect...
I wish to inform the House that on 1 April 2015, whilst Parliament was prorogued, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (“DECC”) established the United Kingdom’s new arms’-length oil and gas regulator, the Oil and Gas Authority (“OGA”).
Founding the OGA as an Executive Agency of DECC, represents a critical step in implementing the recommendations contained in Sir Ian Wood’s 2014 report (“Wood Review”) into maximising economic recovery from the United...
The UK confirmed its global reputation as a centre for traded carbon markets today, as the UK’s first auction for Phase III allowances of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) took place in the City of London.
London is now the hub for 90% of EU carbon trading and 80% of global carbon trading - a £90 billion market.
Minister of State Greg Barker said:
“The UK is really leading the way in carbon auctioning, and today’s sale reaffirms London’s position as a global hub for the...
The annual Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change took place in Doha, Qatar, from 26 November to 8 December. The United Kingdom was represented by Edward Davey, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and Gregory Barker MP, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change.
What we agreed
After the success of last year’s Durban conference in agreeing to negotiate by 2015 a new global legally binding agreement to come into force from 2020, while...
