Committee on Climate Change

Since its formation in 2009, the ASC has written a number of letters to Government providing high level advice to assist with the development of their work on adaptation.

This includes the following:

• ASC advice to Caroline Spelman on how the Committee can contribute to reviewing the recently published CCRA and assist the Government with expert advice on the development of the National Adaptation Programme (NAP). - 5 March 2012
• ASC letter to the Environment Agency summarises the key themes to emerge from Lord Smith and the EA’s Chief Executive (Dr Paul Leinster) attendance at the ASC’s January meeting. - 10 February 2012
• ASC advice to Greg Clark MP on draft National Planning Policy Statement - 17 October 2011
• ASC advice to Caroline Spelman, DEFRA Secretary of State, setting out the ASC’s advice on the CCRA Synthesis Report - 21 September 2011
• Hilary Benn's letter to Lord Krebs, Chair of the ASC - 16th March 2010
• Response from DEFRA to ASC advice - 7th January 2010
• ASC letter providing further advice to the Secretary of state on the evolving methodology for the Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) and Adaptation Economic Assessment (AEA) - 7th January 2010
• ASC advice on the proposed methodology for the Climate Change Risk Assessment
• ASC letter to the Secretary of State on the evolving methodology for the Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) and Adaptation Economic Assessment (AEA) - 20th November 2009