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101 records in 2015
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of (a) 1.5, (b) 2, (c) 4 and (d) 6 degrees of global warming on (i) countries belonging to the Climate Vulnerable Forum and the Alliance of Small Islan
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions a special adviser in her Department accompanied a Minister on an overseas trip since May 2015.
United States · United States House of Representatives · 1 December 2015
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the Paris climate change conference.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many civil servants in her Department are in the redeployment pool.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has for her Department's Future Fit Programme in each year between 2015-16 and 2019-20.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what projection she has made of a global temperature increases by (a) 2050 and (b) 2100 caused by greenhouse gas emissions trajectories (i) under current trends and (ii) if all Intende
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2015
Beach Act of 2015 This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to revise and reauthorize through FY2020 a grant program for monitoring, and notifying the public of, any pathogens in coastal recreation waters bordering public beaches. The bill reauthorizes through FY2018 the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000. The bill establishes requirements with respect to: (1) using rapid testing methods to detect unsafe levels of pathogens or pathogen indicators in those waters, and (2) notifying governmental agencies when pathogens exceed water quality standards. Those methods must provide testing results within four hours of receiving a sample. Communication with governments must occur within two hours of the receipt of the results of water quality samples. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must assess state and local compliance with coastal recreation water quality monitoring and notification legal requirements and grant conditions. The bill limits federal support of grants to non-compliant state or local governments. The Government Accountability Office must review the EPA's compliance assessments and corrective actions. States with coastal recreation waters must adopt the most protective water quality criteria and standards practicable for pathogens. The EPA must: (1) update the national list of beaches that are used by the public regardless of the presence of a lifeguard within 12 months and biennially thereafter (currently, periodically); (2) study the long-term impact of climate change on pathogenic contamination of coastal recreation waters; and (3) study the impacts of excess nutrients on coastal recreation waters.
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2015
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should submit to the Senate as a treaty under article II, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution any binding and universal agreement on climate change adopted at the Conference of the Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
United States · United States Congress · 30 November 2015
Declares that the House of Representatives shall: support the achievement of near zero greenhouse gas emissions nationally by January 1, 2050, through policies that shift the U.S. energy supply strategy from fossil fuels to 100% renewable energy, increase energy efficiency, and implement zero waste practices to end dependence on fossil fuels and to promote climate security, jobs, universal access to clean energy, national economic competitiveness, and national security; establish a national goal of deriving 50% of electricity from renewable sources by January 1, 2030; establish policies and programs to modernize the national infrastructure, transition toward full employment with new green jobs, and build a sustainable economy, focusing on historically unemployed or underemployed communities; provide educational and job training programs, transitional financial assistance, and job opportunities for displaced fossil fuel industry workers; provide retraining and re-employment opportunities in green jobs for military veterans; provide increased funding for educational, training, and job assistance programs for rural residents and for increased emergency preparation and assistance to rural communities damaged by the adverse impacts of climate change; help the people of the United States to establish resiliency to withstand the significant impacts of climate change; establish policies that capture and store carbon currently in the atmosphere by protecting forests and improving land and agricultural practices; support trade policies that maintain American labor and environmental standards; support tax incentives that promote the growth of green jobs; ensure universal access to clean energy for moderate- and low-income families; create policies or programs that result in net positive environmental and economic benefits in impacted communities, which shall receive at least 25% of revenues committed to or generated by the implementation of carbon reducing programs; phase out subsidies for fossil fuels; establish a national goal of doubling efficiency of existing buildings from 2015 levels by January 1, 2030; and support a policy to work with international organizations and other nations to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to set a goal to achieve near zero greenhouse gas emissions by January 1, 2050, through replacing fossil fuels with 100% renewable energy, conservation, and energy efficiency.
United States · United States Congress · 30 November 2015
Beach Act of 2015 This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to revise and reauthorize through FY2020 a grant program for monitoring, and notifying the public of, any pathogens in coastal recreation waters bordering public beaches. The bill reauthorizes through FY2018 the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000. The bill establishes requirements with respect to: (1) using rapid testing methods to detect unsafe levels of pathogens or pathogen indicators in those waters, and (2) notifying governmental agencies when pathogens exceed water quality standards. Those methods must provide testing results within four hours of receiving a sample. Communication with governments must occur within two hours of the receipt of the results of water quality samples. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must assess state and local compliance with coastal recreation water quality monitoring and notification legal requirements and grant conditions. The bill limits federal support of grants to non-compliant state or local governments. The Government Accountability Office must review the EPA's compliance assessments and corrective actions. States with coastal recreation waters must adopt the most protective water quality criteria and standards practicable for pathogens. The EPA must: (1) update the national list of beaches that are used by the public regardless of the presence of a lifeguard within 12 months and biennially thereafter (currently, periodically); (2) study the long-term impact of climate change on pathogenic contamination of coastal recreation waters; and (3) study the impacts of excess nutrients on coastal recreation waters.
Germany · German Bundestag · 27 November 2015
Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Wird die Bundesregierung der "Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture" (GACSA) beitreten, und beabsichtigt die Bundesregierung, den Einsatz von Kunstdünger, chemischen Pestiziden und gentechnisch verändertem Saatgut unter dem Vorwand des Klimaschutzes, wie es die GACSA vorschlägt und wofür sie von einem breiten, internationalen Bündnis kritisiert wird (www.climatesmartagconcerns.info/cop21-statement.html), zu unterstützen?
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much of her Department's funding allocated in the Spending Review 2015 will be for research and development expenditure up to 2020.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what training her Department has provided to staff on the family test; what other steps she has taken to raise awareness of the family test among staff of her Department; and if she will make a
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations she has received from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate on the Paris Climate Conference; and whether she has evaluated that Commission's list of 10 opportunit
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 25 November 2015
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Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 25 November 2015
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Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 25 November 2015
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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
39. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a dedicated unit focused on ensuring that all farms make greater use of native forestry as a climate change mitigation measure, to assist Ireland in meeting European Union emission reduction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41392/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role he envisages forestry playing in helping Ireland meet European Union climate mitigation targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41393/15]
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the cost of using external agencies for recruitment to Senior Civil Service posts in her Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the Government's policy is on negotiating legally binding targets at the Paris World Climate Summit 2015.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 20 November 2015
Reactie op verzoek van het lid Van Tongeren, gedaan tijdens de Regeling van werkzaamheden van 10 november 2015, over het bericht dat klimaatverandering leidt tot 100 miljoen arme mensen
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department are engaged on work related to climate change in (a) posts around the world and (b) London.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the outcomes were of her visit to China in November 2015; and if she will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who she met during her visit to China in November 2015; and what was (a) discussed and (b) agreed at those meetings.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2015
Expresses the sense of Congress that: the President should submit to the Senate for advice and consent the climate change agreement proposed for adoption at the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-21), and Congress should refuse to consider any budget resolutions and appropriations language that include funding for the Green Climate Fund until COP-21 emissions commitments are submitted to the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2015
Expresses the sense of Congress that: the President should submit to the Senate for advice and consent the climate change agreement proposed for adoption at the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-21), and Congress should refuse to consider any budget resolutions and appropriations language that include funding for the Green Climate Fund until COP-21 emissions commitments are submitted to the Senate.
United States · United States House of Representatives · 18 November 2015
United States · United States Senate · 18 November 2015
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2015
Today I am setting out my priorities for the UK’s energy and climate change policy for the coming Parliament and publishing the DECC Autumn Update which sets out our key priorities and the recent progress the department has made against them.Affordable, r...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2015
Today my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Amber Rudd) has made the following statement.Today I am setting out my priorities for the UK’s energy and climate change policy for the coming Parliament and publishing the DECC ...
European Union · European Commission · 18 November 2015
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what cost savings her Department is planning to make in the current financial year.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what her Department's spending on (a) temporary agency staff, (b) consultants, (c) non-payroll staff, (d) administration and (e) marketing and advertising was in (i) 2014-15 prices and (ii) as a
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what her Department's expected underspend is against departmental expenditure limits in the current fiscal year; and what her Department's latest forecast of total AME spend is for this year com
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the prospects of a long-term global carbon reduction goal being agreed at the Paris Climate Conference in December 2015.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 12 November 2015
Aan de min BuHa-OS en de stass I&M over rapport Wereldbank over gevolgen klimaatverandering voor ontwikkelingslanden.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 12 November 2015
Verzoek om reactie op rapport Wereldbank over de gevolgen van klimaatverandering voor ontwikkelingslanden
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in 2014, what percentage of the International Climate Fund was spent on (1) low carbon development, compared to the original target of 30 per cent, and (2) adaptation, compared to the original intention of 50 per cent.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps are being taken to ensure that civil servants respond to comments in the 2014 report on the UK's International Climate Fund (ICF) by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact that pressure to spend ICF funds quic
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that cost-effectiveness in spending improves as the International Climate Fund scheme expands.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2015
4. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he discussed the issue of climate change with the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21324/15]
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 10 November 2015
Brief van de minister voor Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking en de staatssecretaris van Infrastructuur en Milieu over het bericht dat klimaatverandering leidt tot 100 miljoen arme mensen
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many of her Department's policies have been assessed against the family test; what steps she has taken to publish the outcome of such assessments that have been carried out; and if she will
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to implement the family test.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 November 2015
To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to attend the COP21 climate talks in Paris.
Germany · German Bundestag · 6 November 2015
Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Mit welchen Veränderungen in der Klimapolitik des Landes rechnet die Bundesregierung in Bezug auf die neue kanadische Regierung, auch im Hinblick auf eine Positionierung Kanadas für den Abschluss eines ambitionierten und rechtlich verbindlichen Klimaabkommens in Paris, und welche Einschränkungen wären ggf. für die klimaschädliche Ölgewinnung aus Teersanden zu erwarten?
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what her policy is on the Global Goal on Adaption.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to support poor communities overseas to tackle the effects of climate change.