climate change News
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Appointment of Australian climate change special envoy and ambassador
The Rudd Government has strengthened its international engagement on climate change by appointing a Special Envoy on Climate Change and an Ambassador for Climate Change, Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, said today. “It is my great pleasure to announce that Mr Howard Bamsey is being appointed Australia’s Special Envoy on Climate Change and Ms Jan Adams is being appointed ...
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Climate Change at The Movies
Research published in the International Journal of Sustainable Development suggests that purportedly entertaining films that feature global warming and climate change can affect public understanding. But films are often bound up in problematic and limiting identity politics, which commonly reiterate racial, gender and sexual stereotypes positioning as they do white men as being the decision ...
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As climate changes, will we change with it?
In this podcast, Sir Mark Walport, chief scientific advisor to the UK government, and Nazia Mintz-Habib, from the Centre of Development Studies, Cambridge University, talk about climate change in relation to the challenges and possible solutions for the United Kingdom and the global South. Click here to listen to the podcast. ...
By SciDev.Net
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Chris Huhne comment on Ofgem price rise notification announcement
Commenting on today’s announcement by Ofgem making energy suppliers give 30 days advance notice of price rises, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne said: “It’s only right that consumers are told in advance of energy price increases. Most companies heard what Government and Ofgem were saying and gave their customers some advance notice when bills went up recently. ...
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Appointments to Ofgem`s Board
Minister of State Charles Hendry today announced a new Executive Director appointment to the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (GEMA). He also announced the re-appointment of four existing Non-Executive Directors to GEMA. David Pimm, Ofgem’s Group Finance Director, has been appointed as an Executive Director with effect from 14 February 2012. David Harker, Jim Keohane, John Howard and ...
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Strong interest for CCS competition
The Government has today published a list of companies that have signalled their intention to apply to the new UK CCS competition. Publication of the list is aimed at encouraging further discussion within the CCS industry to support collaboration between companies and any interested suppliers. This forms part of the new concerted approach the competition is taking to help stimulate the early ...
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New non-executive director at the Department of Energy and Climate Change
Tom Kelly starts today as a non-executive director to the department. He is currently the corporate communications director at Network Rail. Tom previously spent sixteen years with the BBC working in Belfast and London and nearly a decade in government, first as director of communications at the Northern Ireland Office, and then from 2001 to 2007 as the Prime Minister’s official ...
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Establishment of the Oil and Gas Authority
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 ...
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Commercialisation competition closes for CCS bids
At midday today the UK’s £1bn CCS competition closed to bids. A Department of Energy and Climate Change spokesman said: “There has been significant interest from industry, with a good range of applications received. “We will be carrying out an initial review of each bid before making further details available in the next few weeks. Decisions on which projects to support ...
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Interested in Groundwater and Climate Change?
We are happy to announce the launching of the new website of the IAH Commission on Groundwater and Climate Change (CGCC) at https://gwclimate.iah.org/. Here you will be able to find updated information on the commission chairs, members, publications and activities. We would also like to invite you to join the CGCC as a member and/or share with us relevant activities in the field of groundwater ...
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Department of Energy and Climate Change established in the UK
Ed Miliband, the new Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, welcomed the creation of a new department to tackle the twin challenges of energy security and climate change. Mr Miliband said: 'I am looking forward to the responsibility of running the new Department of Energy and Climate Change and working with colleagues across government, including in particular Hilary Benn, who has ...
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Senator Wong in Argentina for climate change talks
Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, will attend a Ministerial Dialogue on Climate Change in Argentina from 15-18 September. The meeting, known as the 'Southern Lights' dialogue, is the fourth in a series of annual dialogues that aims to accelerate progress in the United Nation negotiations towards a new international agreement on tackling climate change. 'These meetings ...
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Edward Davey statement on Grangemouth
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Edward Davey said; “This is a very positive result. Grangemouth is important to the Scottish economy, the UK economy and most importantly to the local economy where 800 jobs have been saved and the local community has avoided a major blow. We can now look forward to a future of growth at Grangemouth. “Many people in the UK and ...
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New chair of the Nuclear Liabilities Fund
Jean Venables CBE, former president of the Institution of Civil Engineers and Chief Executive of the Association of Drainage Authorities, has been appointed the new chair of the Nuclear Liabilities Fund (NLF) from 1 July. She succeeds Lady Balfour of Burleigh who has served seventeen years as a trustee and twelve years as the chair. Energy and Climate Change Minister Baroness Verma said: ...
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Climate Change and the Environment
Protecting the environment is important. Across the world, the effects of climate change are being felt and everything around us is slowly changing. Since the 1950s, the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere has grown drastically. As the number of people living in our world increases, there are more demands for energy supplies, food and space. Our blog at NP Solar looks into the impact of ...
By NP Solar
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Bali climate change conference gets underway
The United Nations Climate Change Conference - Bali, 2007 got underway Monday, poised for a breakthrough in international climate change negotiations. The two-week conference, the thirteenth Conference of the 192 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the third meeting of the 176 Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, is expected to result in negotiations on a ...
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Climate change and the integrity of science
Open letter defends the integrity of climate science and hits out at recent attacks driven by 'special interests or ...
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Conference on China and Climate Change
The European External Action Service (EEAS) will host an international expert roundtable conference on the topic of “Engaging China on Climate Change: Crossroads of 21st-century Foreign Policy” on 2 February 2011 in Brussels. Participants will include the EU institutions and its Member States, leading experts on China and climate change. The roundtable is co-organised with the ...
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Chris Huhne calls for renewed focus on climate finance
Chris Huhne warned today that a deal on climate finance is vital to breaking the climate deadlock. The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change arrived in New York for a meeting of the High Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing. The group was set up to identify ways of raising new and innovative sources of climate financing to reach $100 billion per annum of public and private ...
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Secretary of State, Ed Davey, has responded to LetterOne
Further to the Secretary of State’s announcement on Saturday, and the completion of LetterOne’s acquisition of Dea UK, the Secretary of State has written to LetterOne. In his letter, Ed Davey has said he would be willing to consider further representations from LetterOne. Ed Davey has given them seven days to explain why the Secretary of State should not now proceed to issue Notices ...
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