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To
set out a clear direction of travel, based on the
science;
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To
agree a package of practical measures, focusing on
technology;
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To
work in partnership with the major emerging
economies to reach a new consensus on how we deal
with the challenge in the future.
At the 19-20 April 2004 meeting of G8 Science and
Technology experts held in Washington DC, the United
Kingdom agreed that in its Presidency it would
convene a meeting of G8
Energy Research Institutions in order to improve
networking and to enhance collaboration between
different research communities. The UK’s new
Energy Research Centre held this from 11‑12 May
in Oxford.
We have also commissioned a study to look at Africa
and climate change. This will review what
information is available on climate change in
Africa, and evaluate the adequacy of existing data
to inform policy decisions. The study can add
considerable value by identifying these knowledge
gaps and what needs to be done to plug them. We have
begun with Africa as it is the least well-covered
region, but similar work in other regions may also
be necessary.
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Other UK events in 2005 linked to the G8 process
As part of the UK’s year of leadership on
climate change (we will hold the presidency of the
EU in the latter half of the year as well as the G8
presidency) we have already started hosting a series
of other climate change related events, the outputs
of which will inform the debate in a number of
forums, including the G8. A scientific conference
was held at the Hadley Centre, the UK Met Office’s
centre for climate prediction, in Exeter on 1-3
February. Details can be found on the conference
website.
We held a conference in London (15-16 March 2005) of
energy
and environment ministers from around 20
countries with significant energy needs to consider
the challenge of achieving a sustainable and secure
energy future for all in a lower carbon world
between now and 2050. Chancellor Gordon Brown gave a
keynote address on the relationship between economic
development, energy investment and climate change.
The Government has also invited a leading Chinese
Minister to give a keynote address on China’s
approach to linking energy and environmental policy.
We also held meeting for G8 Environment
and Development Ministers in Derbyshire from
17-18 March. This will be the first time that
G8 Environment and Development portfolios will be
brought together. The joint session will aim
to deliver agreed outcomes on Illegal Logging and
Africa and Climate Change (based around the findings
of the Defra/DFID study).
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"Tony Blair’s recent remarks on climate change
are giving Kyoto’s opponents - in particular
President Bush - the ammunition to kill off the
Protocol. For a Prime Minister who has
championed climate change throughout his EU and G8
Presidencies Tony Blair is now in real danger of
undermining the most important climate change
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Greenhouse
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whether they originate in Washington, London or
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The
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the signing of the United Nations
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stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the
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2000 - a goal that most countries did not meet.
Recognizing
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