Written question asked by Barry Gardiner (Labour) on Thursday, 26 February 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 2 March 2015. It was answered by Dan Rogerson (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 4 March 2015 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, if she will publish the correspondence between the Committee on Climate Change and her Department on that Committee's second Climate Change Risk Assessment from 6 May 2010 to date.

Answer: Defra regularly communicates with the Adaptation Sub-Committee (ASC) of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) on a number of UK climate change adaptation issues, including commissioning and advising on the development of the second Climate Change Risk Assessment Evidence Report through the ASC-chaired CCRA Advisory Group. The Evidence Report is due to be delivered to Government by July 2016. The CCRA report itself will be presented to Parliament in January 2017. Details on the Evidence Report are accessible on the CCC website.

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