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Question· Written questionUIN 207617answered

Climate Change

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 September 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in (a) his Department in the UK and (b) British Embassies and High Commissions overseas work on climate change-related diplomacy; and what projections he has made of the fu

Bill· SS. 2771 (113th)referred

W21

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 2014

Water in the 21st Century Act or W21 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a WaterSense program to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services. Requires the EPA to identify other voluntary approaches to encourage recycling and reuse technologies to improve water efficiency or lower water use and to implement those approaches, if appropriate. Establishes a State Residential Water Efficiency and Conservation Incentives Program to provide financial incentives for consumers to purchase and install products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services labeled under the WaterSense program. Requires the EPA to make grants to owners or operators of water systems to address, mitigate, and adapt to any ongoing or forecasted impact of climate change on a region's water quality or quantity. Authorizes the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance for water recycling, water infrastructure, enhanced energy efficiency in water systems, desalination projects, permanent water storage, and integrated water management in specified states. Authorizes the transfer of title to nonfederal entities of reclamation projects in need of rehabilitation that are authorized before enactment of this Act under certain conditions. Requires the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish an open water data system. Reauthorizes the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 and the Water Desalination Act of 1996 through FY2020. Requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, after receiving a request from a nonfederal sponsor, to review the operation of a reservoir and update the water control manual to incorporate improved weather and runoff forecasting methods, if appropriate. Directs the EPA to develop voluntary national drought resilience guidelines relating to preparedness planning and investments for water users and providers. Requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to prepare a salmon drought plan for California.

Bill· HRH.R. 5363 (113th)referred

W21

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 2014

Water in the 21st Century Act or W21 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a WaterSense program to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services. Requires the EPA to identify other voluntary approaches to encourage recycling and reuse technologies to improve water efficiency or lower water use and to implement those approaches, if appropriate. Establishes a State Residential Water Efficiency and Conservation Incentives Program to provide financial incentives for consumers to purchase and install products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services labeled under the WaterSense program. Requires the EPA to make grants to owners or operators of water systems to address, mitigate, and adapt to any ongoing or forecasted impact of climate change on a region's water quality or quantity. Authorizes the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance for water recycling, water infrastructure, enhanced energy efficiency in water systems, desalination projects, permanent water storage, and integrated water management in specified states. Authorizes the transfer of title to nonfederal entities of reclamation projects in need of rehabilitation that are authorized before enactment of this Act under certain conditions. Requires the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish an open water data system. Reauthorizes the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 and the Water Desalination Act of 1996 through FY2020. Requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, after receiving a request from a nonfederal sponsor, to review the operation of a reservoir and update the water control manual to incorporate improved weather and runoff forecasting methods, if appropriate. Directs the EPA to develop voluntary national drought resilience guidelines relating to preparedness planning and investments for water users and providers. Requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to prepare a salmon drought plan for California.

Bill· HRH.R. 5269 (113th)referred

HALT Campus Sexual Violence Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 July 2014

Hold Accountable and Lend Transparency on Campus Sexual Violence Act or the HALT Campus Sexual Violence Act - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to require the Department to make publicly available on its website: a list of the institutions of higher education (IHEs) under investigation, and a copy of program reviews and resolution agreements entered into with the Secretary of Education or the Attorney General, under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) or title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the letter terminating the Department's monitoring of such agreements; and a list of the IHEs under investigation, and a copy of the program reviews, fines levied, and resolution agreements entered into with the Secretary or Attorney General, under the provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 known as the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). Authorizes the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights to impose a civil penalty on an IHE that has violated a law under the jurisdiction of the Department's Office for Civil Rights. Amends the Clery Act to direct the Secretary to develop an annual sexual violence climate survey and include statistics from such survey in the annual campus security report provided to current and prospective students and employees. Creates a private right of action in a judicial proceeding for individuals allegedly aggrieved by a violation of the Clery Act. Increases the maximum monetary penalty that may be imposed on an IHE for substantially misrepresenting the number, location, or nature of the crimes required to be reported under the Clery Act. Requires an IHE's annual statement of its policy regarding domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking to: use simple and understandable language and clear formatting; be made available and posted on its public website and in conspicuous places in and around student housing and academic buildings; be provided to each student group, team, or organization that has a specified connection to the IHE or is known by the IHE to act on an unaffiliated basis; and ensure that each of those student groups, teams, or organizations distributes a copy of such policy to each of its members or applicants for membership. Directs the Secretary and the Attorney General to create a joint interagency Campus Sexual Violence Task Force, the duties of which include: providing IHEs with recommendations for preventing and responding to campus sexual violence; reviewing the Department's authority to levy intermediate fines for noncompliance with Title IX and the advisability of additional remedies for such noncompliance; and creating a plan for recruiting, retaining, and training a highly qualified Department of Education workforce to investigate alleged violations of and enforce Title IX and the Clery Act with respect to campus sexual violence. Authorizes funding to train, hire, and retain such a workforce.

Bill· HRH.R. 5271 (113th)referred

Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2014

United States · United States Congress · 30 July 2014

Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Department of the Treasury to establish for 2015 and thereafter a carbon trading program that caps the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from crude oil, coal, and natural gas by requiring crude oil refineries, petroleum importers, coal mines, and natural gas suppliers or processors to purchase carbon permits. Establishes a declining cap on the quantity of permits issued to reduce CO2 emissions until they are reduced to 80% below 2005 levels by 2050. Sets forth provisions concerning compliance with permit obligations, issuance of permits for carbon capture and sequestration, and permit auctioning, trading, banking, and borrowing. Establishes the Healthy Climate Trust Fund and appropriates auction proceeds and penalty payments to it. Returns Trust Fund amounts not used for administrative expenses (as a fraction of auction proceeds) to individuals with a valid Social Security number in the form of Healthy Climate Dividend Payments. Requires the Department of the Treasury to: (1) impose carbon equivalency fees to be collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on imports of carbon-intensive goods, and (2) give payments to exporters of comparable domestically produced carbon-intensive goods. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish a rule listing greenhouse gases (GHGs) that includes anthropogenically emitted (caused by human activity) gases that contribute to global warming but excludes CO2 emitted by the combustion of crude oil, coal, and natural gas and gases attributable to the production of animals for food. Directs the EPA to promulgate regulations to reduce such non-auction GHGs and ensure the regulation of all sources of them within 10 years.

Bill· HRH.R. 5189 (113th)referred

Energy and Water Research Integration Act of 2014

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2014

Energy and Water Research Integration Act of 2014 - Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to integrate water considerations into its energy research, development, and demonstration programs and projects by: (1) advancing energy and energy efficiency technologies and practices that meet the objectives of minimizing freshwater withdrawal and consumption, increasing water use efficiency, and utilizing nontraditional water sources with efforts to improve the quality of the water from those sources; (2) considering the effects climate variability may have on water supplies and quality for energy generation and fuel production; and (3) improving the understanding of the energy required to provide reliable water supplies and the water required to provide reliable energy supplies. Directs DOE to develop and update every five years a strategic plan to carry out the integration. Requires DOE to establish an Energy-Water Subcommittee of the Energy Advisory Board to promote and enable improved energy and water resource data collection, reporting, and technological innovation. Prohibits this Act from being construed to require state, tribal, or local governments to take any action that may result in an increased financial burden by restricting their water use.

Question· Schriftelijke vragen2014Z13542concluded

Het klimaat- en energiebeleid

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 18 July 2014

Het klimaat- en energiebeleid

Question· writtenPQ 31asked

31. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Ireland is not following the recommendation of the inter-governmental panel on climate change to leave all fossil fuels in the ground in view of the warning it has given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31650/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2014

31. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Ireland is not following the recommendation of the inter-governmental panel on climate change to leave all fossil fuels in the ground in view of the warning it has given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31650/14]

Bill· HRH.R. 5150 (113th)referred

WaterSense Efficiency, Conservation, and Adaptation Act of 2014

United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2014

WaterSense Efficiency, Conservation, and Adaptation Act of 2014 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a WaterSense program to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services so as to: reduce water use; reduce the strain on water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure; conserve energy used to pump, heat, transport, and treat water; and preserve water resources through the voluntary labeling of, or other forms of communications about, products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services that meet the highest water efficiency and performance criteria. Requires the Administrator of EPA to identify other voluntary approaches to encourage recycling and reuse technologies to improve water efficiency or lower water use and to implement those approaches, if appropriate. Establishes a State Residential Water Efficiency and Conservation Incentives Program to provide financial incentives for consumers to purchase and install products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services labeled under the WaterSense program. Requires the Administrator to make grants to owners or operators of water systems to address, mitigate, and adapt to address any ongoing or forecasted impact of climate change on the water quality or quantity of a U.S. region.

Question· Written questionUIN 206110answered

Green Climate Fund

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will ensure that the UK's financial contribution to the Green Climate Fund is announced at the Climate Summit in September 2014.

Question· Written questionUIN 206291answered

Green Climate Fund

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when the Government plans to announce the UK's contribution to the Green Climate Fund; and whether that contribution will be, proportionately, in accord with the funding being sought by the Fund

Report· Bericht, Gutachten, Programm18/2121open

Bericht des Ausschusses für Bildung, Forschung und Technikfolgenabschätzung (18. Ausschuss) gemäß § 56a der Geschäftsordnung Technikfolgenabschätzung (TA) Climate Engineering

Germany · German Bundestag · 15 July 2014

Bericht zu der durch das Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag durchgeführten Untersuchung: Klimapolitik und Climate Engineering, naturwissenschaftlich-technische Aspekte (CDR-Technologien, RM-Technologien), rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen (völkerrechtliche Verträge, CE-Aktivitäten auf europäischer und nationaler Ebene), wissenschaftlicher Diskurs (CE-Technologien, CE-Forschung), Beurteilung der Notwendigkeit, CE-Regulierung, Schlussfolgerungen und Handlungsfelder

Question· Written questionUIN 205609answered

Developing Countries: Climate Change

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 July 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support the inclusion in the Sustainable Development Goals of a standalone goal on climate change, in addition to targets on environmental sustainability integrated across the framew

Question· Written questionUIN 205497answered

Climate Change: Northern Ireland

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 July 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent engagement the Committee on Climate Change has carried out with organisations and individuals in Northern Ireland to promote understanding and inform debate on climate change and its

Bill· HRH.R. 5065 (113th)referred

SAFE Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 2014

Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act or SAFE Act - Requires the President to establish an interagency Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Panel to adopt the National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy (released March 26, 2013) to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources so that natural resources become more resilient, adapt to, and withstand the impact of extreme weather and climate change. Requires the Panel to review and revise the strategy every four years. Requires each agency represented on the panel to integrate the elements of the strategy that relate to conservation, restoration, and management of natural resources into agency plans, environmental reviews, and programs. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish a National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center within the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to assess and develop scientific information, tools, strategies, and techniques to be used to address the impact of extreme weather and climate change on natural resources. Requires the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Science Advisory Board to advise the panel on the state of the science regarding the impact of extreme weather and climate change on natural resources and strategies and mechanisms for natural resources adaptation. Requires each agency represented on the panel to submit to the President a natural resources adaptation plan and implement the plan upon approval by the President. Requires states, in order to be eligible to receive funding under this Act, to submit to the Secretary of the Interior and, as applicable, the Secretary of Commerce for review and approval a state natural resources adaptation plan that details efforts to address the impact of climate change on natural resources and coastal areas.

Question· Written questionUIN 204914answered

Climate Change: Seas and Oceans

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 July 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of climate change on global sea levels.

Bill· Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)Bill 1450open

Department of Energy and Climate Change (Abolition) Bill

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2014

A Bill to make provision for the abolition of the Department of Energy and Climate Change and for its functions to be absorbed into the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Question· writtenPQ 146asked

146. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the climate action and low carbon development Bill will be brought before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28882/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2014

146. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the climate action and low carbon development Bill will be brought before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28882/14]

Question· writtenPQ 145asked

145. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the climate action and low carbon development Bill to come before the Houses of the Oireachtas and be approved by Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28879/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2014

145. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the climate action and low carbon development Bill to come before the Houses of the Oireachtas and be approved by Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28879/14]

Question· writtenPQ 138asked

138. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the publication of the climate action and low carbon development Bill; and the anticipated date of publication. [28796/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2014

138. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the publication of the climate action and low carbon development Bill; and the anticipated date of publication. [28796/14]

Question· Written questionUIN 203088answered

Climate Change: Conferences

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 June 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure the Government is represented at the highest level at the upcoming UN Conference on Climate Change in Lima.

Question· Written questionUIN 203054answered

Climate Change: Northern Ireland

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 June 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his Department has had with bodies in Northern Ireland on addressing climate change.

Question· Written questionUIN 202659answered

Climate Change

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 June 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to publish its Fifth Assessment Report.

Question· writtenPQ 149asked

149. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the climate action and low-carbon development Bill; if the Bill will be in line with the recommendations in the report by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht, published in November 2013; if it will reflect the principles of climate justice; if the Bill will include a long-term objective for low-carbon development; the measures there will be to ensure the independence of the expert advisory body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27709/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 June 2014

149. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the climate action and low-carbon development Bill; if the Bill will be in line with the recommendations in the report by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht, published in November 2013; if it will reflect the principles of climate justice; if the Bill will include a long-term objective for low-carbon development; the measures there will be to ensure the independence of the expert advisory body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27709/14]

Question· writtenPQ 136asked

136. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the heads of the climate action and low-carbon development Bill; when the Bill is expected to come before Dáil Éireann; if there are plans for the Bill to strengthen further the independence of the expert advisory body; if the Bill will include a long-term objective for low-carbon development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27648/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 June 2014

136. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the heads of the climate action and low-carbon development Bill; when the Bill is expected to come before Dáil Éireann; if there are plans for the Bill to strengthen further the independence of the expert advisory body; if the Bill will include a long-term objective for low-carbon development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27648/14]

Question· writtenPQ 49asked

49. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if proposals to privatise Bus Éireann routes in Waterford city will be reconsidered and preferably halted in view of the current economic climate and uncertainty in Waterford city, and in view of the fact that there are fears this move, which singles out Waterford, may lead to a downgrading of bus services, workers' pay and conditions, and eventually further job losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27100/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 June 2014

49. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if proposals to privatise Bus Éireann routes in Waterford city will be reconsidered and preferably halted in view of the current economic climate and uncertainty in Waterford city, and in view of the fact that there are fears this move, which singles out Waterford, may lead to a downgrading of bus services, workers' pay and conditions, and eventually further job losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27100/14]

Bill· HRH.R. 5005 (113th)referred

Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act of 2014

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2014

Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act of 2014 - Amends the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit the Secretary of Education from providing education funding to any educational agency or institution that allows school personnel to inflict corporal punishment upon a student as a form of punishment or to modify undesirable behavior. Requires each state to submit a plan to the Secretary, within 18 months of this Act's enactment and every third year thereafter, that describes how the state eliminates the use of corporal punishment in schools and makes school personnel and parents aware of its policies and procedures for doing so. Authorizes the Secretary to award three-year grants to states and, through them, competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to assist them in improving school climate and culture by implementing school-wide positive behavior supports. Requires grant and subgrant funds to be used for professional training, technical assistance, research, and outreach regarding positive behavior supports. Requires LEAs to ensure that private school personnel can participate, on an equitable basis, in activities supported by such funds. Authorizes the Secretary to allocate funds to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out such activities with regard to schools operated or funded by the Department of the Interior. Directs the Secretary to conduct a national assessment to determine compliance with this Act's requirements and identify best practices regarding positive behavior support professional training programs. Gives Protection and Advocacy Systems the authority provided under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 to investigate, monitor, and enforce this Act's protections for students.

Bill· SS. 2531 (113th)referred

Better Options for Kids Act of 2014

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2014

Better Options for Kids Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in awarding priority mental health needs grants to programs for youth involved in, or at risk of becoming involved in, the criminal justice system, to give preference to states that: (1) demonstrate greater educational continuity, lower rates of juvenile court involvement, and reduced recidivism through implementation of certain evidence-based policies; (2) demonstrate partnerships through which the state will establish a coordinated process for service delivery and develop the ability to share information and which involve interagency agreements or strategic plans; and (3) have certified a commitment to such partnerships and to the state's responsibility for the desired results. Terminates such grant preference five years after enactment of this Act. Requires a state, to receive such preference, to demonstrate that it has implemented, or will use grant funds to implement, evidence-based policies under which the state: provides or funds training for local educational agencies (LEAs) in the use of discipline and positive school climate strategies that minimize the use of suspensions, expulsions, and other actions that remove students from instruction and that show evidence of effectiveness for improving the learning environment; requires or provides incentives to LEAs to execute with any law enforcement agency that assigns officers to schools a collaborative agreement that prohibits the involvement of such officers in regular student disciplinary matters and describes their roles and responsibilities; prohibits or limits court referrals for juvenile school-based status offenses; has shifted, or has a plan to shift, significant funding formerly dedicated to secure detention of minors into community-based alternatives to incarceration; and has adopted, or will adopt, a reentry policy to ensure that youth in correctional facilities can continue their education immediately and without delay upon release by providing for prompt re-enrollment.

Question· writtenPQ 388asked

388. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26992/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2014

388. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26992/14]

Question· writtenPQ 383asked

383. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the plans he requested from relevant Departments and agencies on climate change; and if these will be published prior to the publication of the promised climate change Bill. [26864/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2014

383. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the plans he requested from relevant Departments and agencies on climate change; and if these will be published prior to the publication of the promised climate change Bill. [26864/14]

Question· writtenPQ 370asked

370. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff in his Department working on climate change policy in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26730/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2014

370. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff in his Department working on climate change policy in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26730/14]

Question· writtenPQ 369asked

369. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on his climate change policy in preparation for the Paris conference in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26729/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2014

369. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on his climate change policy in preparation for the Paris conference in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26729/14]

Question· writtenPQ 347asked

347. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the climate change Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27491/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2014

347. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the climate change Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27491/14]

Bill· SS. 2508 (113th)open

Energize Africa Act of 2014

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 2014

Energize Africa Act of 2014 - Directs the President to establish: (1) a multiyear strategy to assist countries in sub-Saharan Africa implement national power strategies and develop an appropriate mix of power solutions, including renewable energy, to provide access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable power in order to reduce poverty and drive economic growth; and (2) an African Power Advisory Group. Expresses the sense of Congress that: as the United States deepens its engagement with countries in sub-Saharan Africa priority should be given to countries with credibility in energy sector governance and management, and to private sector and investment climate reforms; and the United States should consider U.S. government and private sector opportunities to contribute to such countries' energy sectors and facilitate regional power trade and access. Requires the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to prioritize assistance to sub-Saharan Africa for national, regional, and local energy and economically sustainable power policy plans, and to expand power access. Urges, with respect to power projects in sub-Saharan Africa, that: USAID prioritize loan guarantees to local financial institutions to facilitate their involvement in power projects and markets, and to fund plans to increase distribution coverage; the Trade and Development Agency promote U.S. private sector participation in energy sector development projects through project preparation activities; the Secretary of the Treasury use U.S. influence in the World Bank Group and the African Development Bank to encourage power sector and electrification investments; the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) prioritize support for private sector investments that will maximize the number of people with new access to power services and expand power transmission and distribution; and the United States African Development Foundation make grants and provide technical support to businesses and organizations that are developing on- and off-grid solutions to meet the power needs of underserved rural communities. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize OPIC to make direct loans and issue investment insurance and investment loan guarantees through September 30, 2019. Urges OPIC, with respect to sub-Saharan Africa, to: streamline the application, approval, and post-approval processes for insuring, financing, or investing in projects, including off-grid efforts, for which OPIC support is less than $20 million; and prioritize OPIC loan, guarantee, and insurance programs for power generation, distribution, and off-grid power and lighting. Requires OPIC to establish five-year pilot programs under which: certain entities that are substantially owned by U.S. citizens shall be eligible investors for receiving OPIC assistance for power projects in sub-Saharan Africa; and OPIC shall make loans to eligible investors for power projects in sub-Saharan Africa for which OPIC support does not exceed $50 million, or issue local currency guarantees to African subsidiaries of foreign financial institutions to facilitate lending for power projects in sub-Saharan Africa. Authorizes OPIC to insure, guarantee, or reinsure an equity investment in a renewable energy project in sub-Saharan Africa for up to 30 years. Requires OPIC to conduct an annual customer satisfaction survey. Authorizes OPIC to employ up to 20 individuals on a limited-appointment basis in support of power production and distribution efforts in sub-Saharan Africa. Expresses the sense of Congress that appropriations for certain OPIC administrative expenses and activities for FY2015-FY2019 should be adjusted to reflect the resources needed to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Question· Written questionUIN 201332answered

Climate Change: International Cooperation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 June 2014

To ask the Prime Minister, if he will attend (a) Ban Ki Moon's Climate Summit in September 2014 in New York and (b) the European Council meeting in October 2014 to finalise the EU's climate and energy goals for 2030.

Question· writtenPQ 489asked

489. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding Ireland’s response to EU or other international agreements in relation to climate change; if a progressive plan has been formulated to address any issues arising with a view to ensuring that no damage is done in the context of economic recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26152/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2014

489. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding Ireland’s response to EU or other international agreements in relation to climate change; if a progressive plan has been formulated to address any issues arising with a view to ensuring that no damage is done in the context of economic recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26152/14]

Question· writtenPQ 33asked

33. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he foresees the energy sector compensating for the expansion of agriculture regarding our climate change obligations; his views on whether this is possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24770/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 June 2014

33. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he foresees the energy sector compensating for the expansion of agriculture regarding our climate change obligations; his views on whether this is possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24770/14]

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