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Written question asked by Colin Challen (Labour) on Wednesday, 6 July 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 July 2005. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Thursday, 14 July 2005 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Climate Change

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the statement by the hon. Member for Scunthorpe on 29 June 2005, Official Report, column 1376, what assessment her Department has made of the Pew Centre report on climate change.
Answer

The report I referred to is ““International Climate Efforts Beyond 2012: A Survey of Approaches”” by the Pew Centre on Global Climate Change which was published in December 2004. The report offers a broad survey of alternative approaches for international climate change efforts beyond 2012 and is therefore a useful background document.The report describes more than 40 proposals for a future climate change regime either published or publicly presented in recent years. Some of these proposals are comprehensive in nature, setting forth a complete approach for a future regime. Others address a particular issue in the negotiations.The report starts with a very useful overview of core issues in designing and negotiating future international climate efforts. The second section suggests criteria that could be used in assessing alternative approaches. The third section describes how the different proposals seek to address the core issues identified earlier. The fourth section then summarises each proposal. The report does not make judgments about individual proposals.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
11624; 436 c1153-4W;436 c1153-4W
Session
2005-06
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Subjects
Climate change Research