Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Monday, 20 May 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 June 2013. It was answered by Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative) on Monday, 3 June 2013 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Climate Change: Polar Regions

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to ensure cross-departmental co-operation with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office about the effects of climate change in the polar regions.

[157068]

Answer

DECC works closely with other Government Departments, including the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development, as well as FCO's attaché network, to address climate change. Within this, we co-operate with the FCO in relation to the effects of climate change in the polar regions. Some of the ways in which we work together include:

DECC is a member of the Cross-Whitehall Arctic Network, hosted by the FCO, which regularly meets to discuss all matters pertaining to the Arctic including the impacts of climate change.

DECC and the FCO are working together to produce the climate change elements of the Government's Arctic Policy Framework, which will be published this summer.

Both DECC and the FCO work closely with the Natural Environment Research Council, and the British Antarctic Survey in particular, on developing Arctic and Antarctic climate science.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 157068; 563 c940W
Session: 2013-14
Subjects: Climate change Antarctic Arctic Polar regions
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Climate Change: Polar Regions

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