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Edward Davey asks new Oil and Gas Authority CEO to lead urgent commission into North Sea industry
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Rt Hon Edward Davey MP, is visiting Aberdeen this afternoon for talks with oil and gas industry leaders against a backdrop of the recent dramatic slide in world oil prices. The Secretary of State is announcing that he is asking Andy Samuel, CEO designate of the Oil and Gas Authority to lead an urgent commission, working with industry, to identify ...
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#BackClimateAction Instagram competition
What does climate change mean to you? This new image competition, launching on Friday 20 February, is about your climate change story and what the issue means to you. Rather than melting ice caps and polar bears, which are often the images that first spring to mind, we want to see images that illustrate how you think climate change might impact the things you care most about in your day-to-day ...
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Question Time: Climate Change
The Question Time: Climate Change event linked audiences of young people in the UK and South Africa, host of the UN COP17 Climate Summit, and was webcast live to an international audience. The panel answered questions on a range of topics, including the UK’s policies to cut its own emissions, COP 17 in Durban and the role of governments and wider society in the international negotiations, ...
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Barack Obama launches climate forum to help seal the deal in Copenhagen
US President Barack Obama has invited 16 major economies to take part in a forum on climate change in a bid to speed up work towards an international climate change agreement. The Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate will bring together key countries to speed up the negotiations and seal the deal on climate change at the key UN talks in Copenhagen on 7-18 December. Preparatory talks will ...
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Smart Energy GB Chair completes term
Baroness McDonagh was the inaugural Chair of Smart Energy GB and has helped to establish the organisation as the lead for the smart meters consumer campaign as well as raising awareness of smart meters. Amber Rudd, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change said: “I thank Baroness McDonagh for her service and contribution to Smart Energy GB, she’s played an important role to ...
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Scotland advised to cut emissions by 3.5% each year from 2020 to 2050
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) today advised the Scottish Government to cut emissions of greenhouse gases by at least 3.5% each year from 2020 to 2050, as a ‘fair and safe’ contribution to tackling climate change. The Committee was asked by the Scottish Government to recommend a cumulative emissions budget for Scotland for the period 2010 to 2050, to ensure that Scotland makes ...
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Government welcomes publications of OFT Report on home insulation market
The OFT report on the operation of the home insulation market was today welcomed by the Government. The report considers how the market for home insulation currently operates and makes recommendations on how it could be improved in the future. The report recognises the new, stronger protections for consumers being put in place under the Green Deal. Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker ...
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Department of energy and climate change appoints non-executive director (press notice)
Paul Walsh has been appointed as Lead Non-Executive Director for the Department of Energy and Climate Change for two years. He joins DECC’s existing Non-Executive Directors Richard Reed and Rob Whiteman. Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne said: “I am looking forward to working with Paul Walsh. His experience and business insight will prove invaluable as we ...
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Statement following the meeting between the Government and the oil and gas industry
Following the meeting today between the Government and the oil and gas industry, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne said: “We’re going to be considering some of the points that they made. They expressed their concerns about the impact of the Budget on investment in the North Sea oil and gas sector and we’re listening to that and we want to understand it more ...
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Chris Huhne statement on earth hour
Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne said: “Earth Hour is important because it gives a voice to the large number of ordinary people who are concerned about climate change. People who take action in their own lives to reduce carbon emissions and set an example to others every day are a real force for good when it comes to tackling climate change, and we at the Department of ...
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Edward Davey launches ‘A world you like. With a Climate you like’ campaign
Welcoming the launch of the 'A world you like. With a climate you like', the European campaign to promote climate action, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Edward Davey said: “The EU is a powerful voice when it comes to making the case for action to tackle climate change. By working closely together, the EU and UK form a formidable partnership, that can bring about real ...
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Nick Clegg meets Prime Minister Modi in New Delhi
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Davey met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today (25 August) at his official residence, the Panchavati in New Delhi. The meeting took place on the first day of the Deputy Prime Minister’s 3-day visit to India with a 40-strong business delegation from the UK. Find out more about the Deputy Prime ...
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Chris Huhne welcomes OECD’s Green Growth Strategy (statement)
Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne has today welcomed a new report on green growth from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The organisation’s ‘Towards Green Growth’ report was launched at the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting on 25 May. Chris Huhne said: “This is a landmark report by the OECD which makes a strong case for ...
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Record mountaineer reaches Everest peak with Copenhagen climate message
World record mountaineer Apa Sherpa reached the top of the Mount Everest today for the record 19th time and placed a WWF banner urging the world to take action against climate change. The banner which he brought to the top of the world at around 0800 local time calls to 'Stop Climate Change - Let the Himalayas Live!' The expedition reminds world leaders of their responsibility towards ...
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Plutonium consultation launched
The Government today opened a consultation on the long-term management options for the UK’s existing civil plutonium stocks. The UK’s civil plutonium is housed in safe and secure bespoke facilities at Sellafield and Dounreay pending a final decision on the best long term solution for its management. The paper set out three options for the long-term, which are: Reuse as fuel. This ...
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Chris Huhne attends first EU climate meeting
Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne will attend his first meeting of EU Environment Ministers on Friday 11 June in Luxembourg. On the agenda will be the European Commission’s recent paper on the moving beyond a 20% EU emissions reduction target, as well as a discussion on the state of play of the international climate negotiations. Speaking ahead of the meeting, Energy and ...
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Baroness Young leaves adaptation sub-committee - 21st January 2011
Baroness Barbara Young, one of the founding members of the Adaptation Sub-Committee (ASC) is leaving the Committee to take up a new post as Chief Executive of Diabetes UK, which will take up a significant portion of her time. Barbara Young joined the Committee in May 2009 and has made a significant contribution to the ASC’s first report into adaptation in the UK and ongoing work. Chair of ...
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CCC shortlisted for a Climate Week Award - 4 March 2011
The CCC has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Climate Week Awards under the category of "Best initiative by a Government or Statutory Body". The Committee entered its work on the 4th carbon budget report for consideration by the panel which included Lord Nicholas Stern and author Ian McEwan. The winners will be announced at a ceremony presided over by Secretary of State, Chris Huhne on 21st ...
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Important next steps for the Green Deal
£7m loan to The Green Deal Finance Company to help ensure it is ready to offer finance to Green Deal Providers in early 2013 HM Treasury announces that Green Deal will be an early candidate for the use of infrastructure guarantees Green Deal registration opens today allowing organisations to begin the Green Deal authorisation process The new Green Deal Quality Mark will show who is ...
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Heliex Power apply to support the UN`s COP26 in 2021
This year, the UK will host the decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The 26th annual Conference of the Parties, or “COP26”, will convene in Glasgow in November. At the summit, delegates including heads of state, climate experts and negotiators will meet to agree coordinated action to tackle climate change. As well as the ...
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