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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

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Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to her statement on 8 February 2005, Official Report, column 1368, on climate change and the environment, which 20 countries will attend the round table discussion for Ministers; what the (a) date and (b) location of the meeting will be; what the agenda is for the meeting; what aspects of the impact of climate change upon development will be discussed; which environmental non-governmental organisations (i) have been invited and (ii) will be attending; and what the desired outcomes of the meeting are. [218929] Mr. Morley: The Energy and Environment Ministerial Roundtable will take place at the Brewery, London, on 15-16 March 2005. The invited countries are: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, the United States and the European Commission. At this point, most countries have confirmed attendance by at least one minister and in some cases two. In addition to participation by ministers, selected senior figures from international and non-governmental organisations concerned with energy and environmental issues have been invited. The roundtable will consider the challenges and opportunities for investment in sustainable and secure energy systems in a lower carbon world. The sessions will cover national and international policy drivers, national experience of and priorities for the development and diffusion of technology and how to accelerate these and the deployment lower carbon energy systems. The roundtable will focus on the key issues that were identified by national experts during the preparatory meeting, including sustainable energy and its development context. This new and innovative forum will enable us to share valuable experience and look at new ways of working together in the development and deployment of sustainable energy systems.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

218929; 431 c1434-5W;431 c1428-9W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Air pollution Climate change Environment protection Pollution control Location Non-governmental organisations Conferences Countries

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