Written question asked by Bill Wiggin (Conservative) on Tuesday, 19 July 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 July 2005. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Monday, 12 September 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 which items of the G8 Plan of Action are not (a) already part of agreements made under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and (b) already being undertaken by other international bodies of which the UK is a member.

Answer: The Gleneagles Plan of Action is a new agreement between G8 partners to take action on climate change, clean energy and sustainable development through a series of items on transforming the way we use energy, powering a cleaner future, promoting networks for research and development, financing the transition to cleaner energy, managing the impact of climate change and tackling illegal logging. We will be utilising existing networks to achieve our goals, as well as setting up new agreements.

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