News on Climate Change - Articles & Announcments From The ASC
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ASC advises Government on the Climate Change Risk Assessment - 20 November 2009 |
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Lord John Krebs, Chair of the Adaptation Sub-Committee (ASC) has written to Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for the Environment, setting out advice on the evolving methodology for the Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) and Adaptation Economic Assessment (AEA). The Committee feels that the consultants have some way to go to develop a coherent framework to address the CCRA’s stated objective to ‘assess the risks (including opportunities) to those things which have social, economic and environmental value in the UK from current and future climate change’.
The Committee appreciate that the consultants are just over half way through developing the methodology and therefore did not expect to see a fully formed method. The letter and the accompanying technical paper contain the Committee’s evaluation of the methodology thus far, including recommendations. The Committee will discuss the methodology further with the consultants at the next ASC meeting on 18th December 2009. |
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Communications companies should have to demonstrate their preparedness for climate change - 30 October 2009 |
The Adaptation Sub-Committee to the CCC, which provides independent advice to the UK Government on what steps the UK should take to prepare for climate change, believes that communications companies should be required to report to Ofcom on what steps they are taking to prepare for climate change. Currently electronic communications companies fall outside of the wide list of organisations that are required to report to Government on their preparedness for climate change, under the Climate Change Act 2008.
Lord John Krebs, Chair of the ASC, recently wrote to Stephen Timms MP, at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. In the letter, he urged the Government to reconsider this omission, by introducing new powers for Ofcom under the Digital Economy Bill.
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Experts in public health and climate forecasting appointed to ASC - 16 October 2009 |
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The Secretary of State for Environment, Hilary Benn, and the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Miliband, today announced that Professor Anne Johnson and Professor Tim Palmer will take up the remaining two posts in the Adaptation Sub-Committee, which is chaired by Lord John Krebs. The ASC has been set up to provide independent advice to the UK Government on preparing for the impacts of climate change. |
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Adaptation Sub-Committee appointed to advise Government on adapting to climate change – 23 June 2009 |
Last week Environment Secretary Hilary Benn warned that the UK needs to put plans in place to enable the country to adapt to the threat posed by floods, heat waves and coastal erosion. According to results from the UK Climate Change Projections, the UK faces warmer, wetter winters and hotter, drier summers in future, despite efforts being made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Chair appointed to new Adaptation Sub-Committee to CCC - 12 May 2009 |
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The Environment Secretary Hilary Benn today announced the appointment of Lord John Krebs as the Chair of the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC). As the Chair of the Sub-Committee Lord Krebs will also sit on the main Committee.
The Adaptation Sub-Committee has been established under the Climate Change Act 2008 to provide advice to the CCC on adapting climate change. It will provide advice on climatic risks in the UK, and ensure that the Government’s adaptation programme enables England to prepare effectively for the impacts of climate change. |
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