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The UK Government launched the Glasgow Statement at COP26 following implementation of its own policy to end international public finance for fossil fuels. [4] The Glasgow Statement is the first international political commitment to address public finance for oil and gas, and has been called "arguably one of the most concrete achievements of the ...
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) adopted a statement on Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases in 1998. [13] A new statement, adopted by the society in 2003, revised in 2007, and revised and expanded in 2013, [14] affirms that rising levels of greenhouse gases have caused and will continue to cause the global surface temperature to be warmer:
John Ashton, CBE (born 7 November 1956) was the Special Representative for Climate Change at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) from 2006 to June 2012, [1] Director for Strategic Partnerships at LEAD International, and is the founder and CEO of Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G).
The Glasgow Climate Pact is an agreement reached at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). [2] The pact is the first climate agreement explicitly planning to reduce unabated coal usage. [2] A pledge to "phase out" coal was changed to "phase down" late in negotiation, for coal in India and coal in China and other coal reliant ...
The UK is also a contributor to climate change, having emitted more greenhouse gas per person than the world average. Climate change is having economic impacts on the UK and presents risks to human health and ecosystems. [2] The government has committed to reducing emissions by 50% of 1990 levels by 2025 and to net zero by 2050.
An 'energy-intensive' sector is one which either carries out activities which are listed as Part A(1) or A(2) activities in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (Statutory Instrument 2010 No.675) (as amended), or that satisfies energy intensity criteria provided by the Department of Energy ...
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue ... misinformation and disinformation involving climate change, [2] ... Germany in 2016 and expanded to France and the UK in 2017.
The Committee on Climate Change was formally launched as a statutory committee in December 2008 with Lord Turner as its chair.. An Adaptation Sub-Committee was set up in 2009 to provide advice to Government about adaptation, meaning the steps the government and devolved administrations of the United Kingdom should be taking to prepare for climate change impacts.