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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 22 February 2016, Official Report, column 35, on the European Council, whether her Department is undertaking planning in the eventuality
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) publications, (b) consultation documents and (c) circulars her Department has issued since August 2012; and what the title was of each such publication, consultation document or cir
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the rate of pay is for cleaners in her Department.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many civil law suits have been brought against her Department based either wholly or partially on grounds provided by the Human Rights Act 1998; how many such suits were settled out of court
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much her Department has paid to staff in overtime in each of the last 24 months.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much her Department spent from the public purse on industrial tribunals in the last 12 months.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many consultants' contracts were terminated early in each of the last six years for which figures are available; and what the cost of each such termination was in each of those years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what independent reports, if any, they have commissioned from Ecofys in the past five years; when they received those reports; whether those reports were published; and if not, whether they will now publish those reports.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many organisations in receipt of grant funding awarded by her Department were found to have engaged in activity that influenced or attempted to influence Parliament, government, or the Europ
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which organisations have received public grant funding from her Department in each of the last three years; and what the purposes of each grant were.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much and what proportion of her Department's overseas development assistance budget her Department spent was subject to the International Development Act 2002 in each of the last three years
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what her Department's wellness strategy is.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the (a) policy and (b) other responsibilities are of each special adviser in her Department.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 2016
California Desert Conservation, Off-Road Recreation, and Renewable Energy Act This bill designates specified lands in the California Desert Conservation Area or San Bernardino National Forest in California as wilderness areas. Specified wilderness study areas are released from further study. There is established the Vinagre Wash Special Management Area. Boundaries are revised for Death Valley National Park, Mojave National Preserve, and Joshua Tree National Park. The bill designates specified off-highway vehicle recreation areas within the Conservation Area in San Bernardino County, California. The Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture (USDA), as appropriate, shall complete a study to identify Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands within the Conservation Area suitable for addition to: (1) the national off-highway vehicle recreation areas designated by this Act, or (2) the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area. There is established the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area in Inyo County, California. Specified federal land in California shall be taken into trust for the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe's reservation. The bill authorizes: a conveyance of specified federal land to Reginald Cook, a specified transfer of certain BLM land to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, and a conveyance of specified BLM land to Imperial County Holtville Airport. Interior or USDA (as appropriate) shall: assess the impacts of climate change on the Conservation Area, and establish policies and procedures to ensure preservation of wildlife corridors and facilitate species migration likely to occur due to climate change. Interior and USDA shall ensure that members of specified tribes have access to designated areas for traditional and cultural purposes. The bill releases federal reversionary interests in certain land in the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. The California Desert Protection Act of 1994 is amended to authorize the acquisition of land for the Joshua Tree National Park for purposes of operating a visitor center. The bill revises certain requirements of that Act for specified California state school land. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act is revised to designate certain wild, scenic, and recreational rivers in California. Interior shall take no action within the Conservation Area with regard to the distribution of groundwater for municipal, commercial, or industrial use from specified aquifers in quantities that exceed the estimated perennial safe yield or annual recharge rate, as determined by the U.S. Geological Survey. The bill prescribes the disposition of revenues received from the development of wind and solar energy on BLM-managed lands, and establishes a Renewable Energy Resource Conservation Fund to address the impacts of wind and solar development on federal lands.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans she has to promote a global goal on adaptation to climate change.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 16 February 2016
Brief van de staatssecretaris van Infrastructuur en Milieu over het kelderen van de prijzen voor Europese emissierechten en de gevolgen voor het klimaat
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2016
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the climate change levy raised from non-domestic users in London in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department is working with the Department for Energy and Climate Change to ensure that official development assistance funding provided for international climate projects is prioritised
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average hourly earnings of (a) female, (b) male, (c) full-time and (d) part-time employees of her Department were in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff in her Department and non-departmental public bodies receive (a) home to work travel allowance, (b) a car allowance and (c) subsidised health insurance.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 February 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Department of Energy and Climate Change will publish records of external meetings held by special advisers to its ministers.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 9 February 2016
Motie van het lid Thieme over een heldere definitie van climate-smart agriculture
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 February 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what advice has been provided this Session for ministers or senior officials in the Department of Energy and Climate Change on whether to use secondary legislation or primary legislation for significant legislation.
United States · United States House of Representatives · 2 February 2016
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans the Government has to contribute to the funding agreed at the Paris Climate Conference in December 2015 to assist developing countries in adapting to the effects of climate change.
Austria · National Council · 27 January 2016
Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Christiane Brunner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Klimaschutz im Sinne der Beschlüsse von Paris novellieren
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Energy Bill on Northern Ireland's ability to contribute to the achievement of the UK's international climate change obligations.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 January 2016
26. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a dedicated unit focused on ensuring native forestry is used as a climate change mitigation measure, given recent flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2206/16]
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions in each of the last two calendar years her Department has been notified by outside consultants or other third parties of breaches by employees or subcontractors of those co
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to InsuResilience, the G7 Initiative on Climate Risk Insurance, if she will make it her policy to (a) allocate additional funding of £100 million to that programme, (b) scale up b
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate her Department has made of the cost per household of implementing measures agreed at the Paris Climate Conference.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 January 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the implications of climate change for (1) the climate and geology of West Cumbria, and (2) future nuclear developments in the country.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 January 2016
256. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will put an attractive national afforestation scheme in place for farmers and other persons who have suitable land for planting, which will include a favourable averaging taxation regime, in the context of recent climate events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2281/16]
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to implement the Paris climate change agreement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 January 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the financial aid commitments made by them to foreign countries at the Paris Climate Summit will be met from the overseas aid budget, or from which other sources; and what safeguards will be put in place to ensure t
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 15 January 2016
Reactie op vermeend oordeel van het Europese Hof van Justitie inzake te hoge toekenning gratis emissierechten
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many defibrillators are provided in each building her Department manages.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will publish the methodologies and assumptions behind the projected overspend of levy control framework spending through to 2020.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive on implementing the conclusions of the COP21 climate conference in Paris.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 January 2016
839. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to outline the status of climate change legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46563/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 January 2016
832. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to set down the expenditure from the overseas development aid budget spent on the green climate fund in 2014 and in 2015; if any of the increased expenditure announced in budget 2016 will go towards the green climate fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1552/16]
Germany · German Bundestag · 13 January 2016
Übereinstimmung mit CDU-Leitbild, Stellung zur Nachhaltigkeit, Umgang mit Artenverlust und Pestizideinsatz, Umsetzung "guter fachlicher Praxis" und des integrierten Pflanzenschutzes, Reduktion klimaschädlicher Gase, Maßnahmen der "climate smart agriculture", Beteiligung an der Initiative zur CO2-Senkung, Umschichtungsmöglichkeiten von EU-Agrarfördermitteln in der GAP, Einkommenssituation in der Landwirtschaft, Ausnahmen vom Mindestlohn, Entwicklung von Landwirtschaftsbetrieben, Eigentumsverhältnissen und Wettbewerbsbedingungen; Auswirkungen von TTIP<br /> (insgesamt 45 Einzelfragen)
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 January 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are aware of any intermittency issues concerning renewable generating capacity installed using finance from the UK International Climate Fund.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 January 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of any changes in agricultural yields due to sustainable agricultural projects funded, in whole or in part, by the UK International Climate Fund.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the official development assistance budget was given to the International Climate Fund in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014 and (d) 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what contingency arrangements her Department has made for the eventuality of a majority leave vote in the upcoming EU referendum.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many projects her Department is currently managing that have been developed with funding from the International Climate Fund.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how the methodology for prioritising which countries receive funding from the International Climate Fund has been set; and what plans she has to ensure this methodology is regularly reviewed for
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding her Department received from the International Climate Fund in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014 and (d) 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with the Bank of England regarding risks to financial stability that arise as a consequence of climate change.