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Beleidsdoorlichting artikel 18 Natuur en Regio

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 24 December 2015

Beleidsdoorlichting artikel 18 Natuur en Regio

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the "Paris Agreement" announced on December 12, 2015, at the 21st session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

United States · United States Congress · 18 December 2015

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Paris Agreement on climate change, adopted in December 2015, should not be signed, ratified, acceded to, or adopted by the United States.

Bericht der Kommission an das Europäische Parlament und den Rat Fortschrittsbericht zur Klimapolitik, einschließlich des Berichts über das Funktionieren des CO2-Marktes und des Berichts über die Überprüfung der Richtlinie 2009/31/EG über die geologische Speicherung von Kohlendioxid (erforderlich gemäß Artikel 21 der Verordnung (EU) Nr. 525/2013 des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 21. Mai 2013 über ein System für die Überwachung von Treibhausgasemissionen sowie für die Berichterstattung über diese Emissionen und über andere klimaschutzrelevante Informationen auf Ebene der Mitgliedstaaten und der Union und zur Aufhebung der Entscheidung Nr. 280/2004/EG, gemäß Artikel 10 Absatz 5 und Artikel 21 Absatz 2 der Richtlinie 2003/87/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 13. Oktober 2003 über ein System für den Handel mit Treibhausgasemissionszertifikaten in der Gemeinschaft und zur Änderung der Richtlinie 96/61/EG des Rates und gemäß Artikel 38 der Richtlinie 2009/31/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über die geologische Speicherung von Kohlendioxid) KOM(2015) 576 endg.; Ratsdok. 14381/15

Germany · German Bundestag · 18 December 2015

Beleidsdoorlichting artikel 11 EZ-begroting

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 18 December 2015

Beleidsdoorlichting artikel 11 EZ-begroting

Department of Energy and Climate Change: Information Officers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many press or public relations officers are employed by (a) Ofgem, (b) the Oil and Gas Authority, (c) the Civil Nuclear Police Authority, (d) the Coal Authority, (e) the Committee on Climate

Climate Change: Finance

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2015

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he will take to ensure that the UK contribution to the $100 billion of climate finance referred to in the UNFCCC Paris Agreement conforms with Article 9, Paragraph 3 of the Agreement and is additional to t

Climate Change

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to increase parliamentary engagement in the implementation of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions.

Green Climate Fund

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the total UK financial commitment to the Green Climate Fund until 2030.

652. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the climate change talks in Paris in France; his plans for a climate change plan in this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46226/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015

652. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the climate change talks in Paris in France; his plans for a climate change plan in this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46226/15]

629. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the next steps Ireland will take given the climate change agreement in Paris in France; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46098/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015

629. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the next steps Ireland will take given the climate change agreement in Paris in France; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46098/15]

607. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government given the agreement reached in Paris in France to limit global emissions of greenhouse gases, if he is agrees that Ireland's climate policy is now at extreme variance with the stated ambition of the nations who are party to the agreement, in particular that the five year periodic reviews contained in the agreement is contrary to the Government's stated position of there not being a need for interim reviews; if, in the context of the changed situation, he will consider amending the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 to include either domestic emissions reduction targets or more robust emissions reduction plans with mandatory and prescriptive periodic reviews, or both; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45839/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015

607. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government given the agreement reached in Paris in France to limit global emissions of greenhouse gases, if he is agrees that Ireland's climate policy is now at extreme variance with the stated ambition of the nations who are party to the agreement, in particular that the five year periodic reviews contained in the agreement is contrary to the Government's stated position of there not being a need for interim reviews; if, in the context of the changed situation, he will consider amending the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 to include either domestic emissions reduction targets or more robust emissions reduction plans with mandatory and prescriptive periodic reviews, or both; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45839/15]

Department of Energy and Climate Change: Public Expenditure

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the total projected expenditure on (a) the feed-in-tariff scheme, (b) contracts for difference, (c) the Renewable Heat Incentive and (d) the capacity market mecha

Department of Energy and Climate Change: Public Expenditure

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what wholesale price and carbon price forecast scenarios her Department uses when forecasting total projected expenditure of the Levy Control Framework.

23. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the climate change adaptation plan for transport will be published, given that his Department's Statement of Strategy 2015-2017 stated it would be published in March 2015. [44881/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2015

23. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the climate change adaptation plan for transport will be published, given that his Department's Statement of Strategy 2015-2017 stated it would be published in March 2015. [44881/15]

5. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given that Ireland's economy has been described as improved by the Department of Finance and given that the document, Climate Change Mitigation: Preparation of Low-Carbon Roadmap for Transport, published by his Department in December 2013, envisaged retrenchment in public transport investment due to economic circumstances only until 2016, after which it was hoped to increase longer-term investment in infrastructure, giving Ireland more capacity to support and develop a low-carbon economy by 2050, the plans his Department has drawn up for such investment commencing in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45025/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2015

5. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given that Ireland's economy has been described as improved by the Department of Finance and given that the document, Climate Change Mitigation: Preparation of Low-Carbon Roadmap for Transport, published by his Department in December 2013, envisaged retrenchment in public transport investment due to economic circumstances only until 2016, after which it was hoped to increase longer-term investment in infrastructure, giving Ireland more capacity to support and develop a low-carbon economy by 2050, the plans his Department has drawn up for such investment commencing in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45025/15]

Climate Change Convention: Paris

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which form of transport she used to travel to the COP21 climate change conference in Paris; and for what reasons she travelled by that mode of transport.

Climate Change Convention: Paris

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what resources were committed by the UK at the COP21 climate conference in Paris to help developing countries pay for repairing damage from extreme weather events caused by climate change.

Climate Change Convention: Paris

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which form of transport she used to travel to the COP21 climate change conference in Paris; and for what reasons she used that mode of transport.

615. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will augment and fully utilise the postal services network, through the provision of extra compatible facilities, through modernising in the competitive economic climate and through putting provisions in place to retain post offices in areas which might otherwise be bereft of utility services, in the context of public service obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45368/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015

615. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will augment and fully utilise the postal services network, through the provision of extra compatible facilities, through modernising in the competitive economic climate and through putting provisions in place to retain post offices in areas which might otherwise be bereft of utility services, in the context of public service obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45368/15]

613. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will respond to climate change discussions in the context of reducing dependency on fossil fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45365/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015

613. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will respond to climate change discussions in the context of reducing dependency on fossil fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45365/15]

600. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland can reach its 2020 climate change and energy security targets without constructing industrial wind farms in residential areas; if he will request EirGrid to engage meaningfully with local communities in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath regarding regional environmental concerns in respect of proposals for an interconnector project connecting the North of Ireland’s energy grid with that of the Republic of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44052/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015

600. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland can reach its 2020 climate change and energy security targets without constructing industrial wind farms in residential areas; if he will request EirGrid to engage meaningfully with local communities in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath regarding regional environmental concerns in respect of proposals for an interconnector project connecting the North of Ireland’s energy grid with that of the Republic of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44052/15]

44. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider a complete ban on hydraulic fracturing given renewed efforts to mitigate climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44822/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015

44. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider a complete ban on hydraulic fracturing given renewed efforts to mitigate climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44822/15]

43. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the introduction of a domestic renewable heat incentive to stimulate biomass demand, and given the Conference of Parties 21, if he will implement policies to further develop the biomass industry as part of Ireland's contribution to tackling climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44806/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015

43. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the introduction of a domestic renewable heat incentive to stimulate biomass demand, and given the Conference of Parties 21, if he will implement policies to further develop the biomass industry as part of Ireland's contribution to tackling climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44806/15]

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION Report on the additional period for fulfilling commitments under the Kyoto Protocol (required under Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and for reporting other information at national and Union level relevant to climate change and repealing Decision No 280/2004/EC and Decision 13/CMP.1 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol)

European Union · European Commission · 15 December 2015

Paris Climate Agreement

European Union · European Parliament · 14 December 2015

Development Aid: Climate Change

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the international aid budget she plans to allocate to support communities managing the consequences of climate change in each of the next five years.

Climate Change

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what studies they are undertaking into the slowing of the Gulf Stream and the subsequent impact on climate change and extreme weather patterns in the UK.

Climate Change Convention: Paris

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what form of transport she used to travel to the COP21 conference in Paris in December 2015; and for what reasons she used that form of transport.

Department of Energy and Climate Change: Public Expenditure

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what level of actual or projected overspend against original projections of expenditure under the Levy Control Framework she has identified for each year from 2014 to 2018; and in which of those

Department of Energy and Climate Change: Public Expenditure

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much overspend against original estimates within the levy control framework has arisen from variations in (a) performance of offshore wind, (b) levels between strike price and reference pric

Climate Change Convention: Paris

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what form of transport she used to travel to the COP21 conference in Paris in December 2015; and for what reasons she used that form of transport.

Climate Change

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of her officials are engaged in preparing the Government's next Climate Change Risk Assessment.

209. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide long-term funding to the atmospheric research station at Mace Head in County Galway, given its importance in continuing to measure climate and air pollution data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44535/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

209. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide long-term funding to the atmospheric research station at Mace Head in County Galway, given its importance in continuing to measure climate and air pollution data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44535/15]

202. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Conference of Parties 21 in Paris, France; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43469/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

202. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Conference of Parties 21 in Paris, France; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43469/15]

18. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the State's capacity to engage in mitigating measures against harmful greenhouse gas emitters is severely restricted owing to the weak legislative climate regime; that it is simply unrealistic to expect the State to be able to achieve even the specified targets Ireland is committing to, given the planned-for growth in agriculture emissions; the increase in transport emissions; the fall-back in measures to tackle emissions in these key sectors and in the residential sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44134/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

18. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the State's capacity to engage in mitigating measures against harmful greenhouse gas emitters is severely restricted owing to the weak legislative climate regime; that it is simply unrealistic to expect the State to be able to achieve even the specified targets Ireland is committing to, given the planned-for growth in agriculture emissions; the increase in transport emissions; the fall-back in measures to tackle emissions in these key sectors and in the residential sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44134/15]

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his role in the recent climate change conference in Paris in France; his views on the comments by the Taoiseach at the conference that the European Commission's climate targets for 2020 for Ireland were unrealistic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44255/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his role in the recent climate change conference in Paris in France; his views on the comments by the Taoiseach at the conference that the European Commission's climate targets for 2020 for Ireland were unrealistic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44255/15]

Climate Protection and Justice Act of 2015

United States · United States Congress · 10 December 2015

Climate Protection and Justice Act of 2015 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to address greenhouse gas emissions. Specifically, the bill: states as U.S. policy greenhouse gas emission targets for 2020, 2030, 2040, and 2050 that will result in reducing the emissions 80% below 1990 levels by 2050; establishes a fee for manufacturing, producing, or importing certain carbon polluting substances (coal, petroleum, and natural gas) that increases over time; establishes the Interagency Climate Council to evaluate whether the targets are being met; requires the Environmental Protection Agency to issue regulations to ensure the targets are met if the council finds the targets are not being met; requires those fees to be deposited in the Carbon Fee Rebate Fund established by this bill; establishes the Carbon Fee Rebate Program, which will distribute proceeds from the fees to eligible U.S. residents; establishes a Climate Justice Resiliency Grant Program to fund projects that mitigate climate impacts on communities that are unable to afford the management or mitigation of those impacts; expands the definition of solid waste under the Clean Air Act and applies air pollution emission limits to those wastes; and establishes a fee on carbon pollution-intensive goods imported into the United States, requires the fees to be deposited in the Carbon Equivalency Fee Fund established by this bill, and requires the fund to be used for certain purposes, including improving industrial energy efficiency. The bill provides funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program, and the Rural Energy for America Program. The bill revises the Food Security Act of 1985 by providing incentives for farmers to use no-till cultivation practices and sustainable fertilizer application practices. The bill revises the Federal Power Act to enable access on the electric grid for demand response programs (programs that enable customers to reduce or shift their power use during peak demand periods).

Climate Change: International Cooperation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) presentation and (b) other documentary contribution her Department has made to the World Climate Summit held in Paris alongside the UN COP21.

Urgent need to reduce the impact of livestock on climate change

European Union · European Parliament · 9 December 2015

Climate change and human rights

European Union · European Parliament · 9 December 2015

DATA OR DOGMA? PROMOTING OPEN INQUIRY IN THE DEBATE OVER THE MAGNITUDE OF HUMAN IMPACT ON EARTH'S CLIMATE

United States · United States Senate · 8 December 2015

Climate Change

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2015

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recent flooding in the UK, the slowing of the Gulf Stream, and the COP21 climate talks in Paris, what strategy they have to address increasingly extreme weather patterns affecting the UK’s climate.

Climate Change: Arctic

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to ensure that UK scientific institutions have the funds to collaborate with those in Arctic countries to monitor and predict the melting of permafrost and the release of methane; and what practical steps are

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding an agreement reached at the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Paris in December 2015.

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2015

Expresses the sense of the Senate that a protocol, amendment, extension, or other agreement (agreement) relating to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, entered into force March 21, 1994, shall have no force or effect in the United States and no funds shall be authorized in its support, including for the Green Climate Fund, until it has been submitted to Senate for advice and consent, if the agreement: fulfills mitigation commitments through existing and future regulations that would put our national industries at a disadvantage compared to the industries of developing countries; includes a financial commitment that will not go into effect without subsequent congressional legislation or authorization; represents an agreement to be overseen by an international administrative entity covering a wide range of topics, including mitigation, adaptation, finance, technology transfer, capacity building, transparency, implementation, and compliance; or establishes a mechanism to assess contributions or commitments for future compliance.

Climate Change Convention: Paris

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what participation the UK has had in the sustainable innovation forum hosted by the UN Environment Programme as part of the COP21 climate change conference in Paris.

Forest governance in the context of climate change and property restitution in Romania

European Union · European Parliament · 3 December 2015

Fighting Against Imbalanced Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015

United States · United States Congress · 3 December 2015

Fighting Against Imbalanced Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit a regulation concerning emissions of carbon dioxide from a fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit from taking effect until the Environmental Protection Agency certifies that a sufficient number of countries have adopted climate change regulations for carbon dioxide that are at least as stringent. A "sufficient number" is a number of countries that account for at least 80% of global carbon dioxide emissions in the last year, excluding those in the United States.

Climate Change Convention

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015

To ask the Prime Minister, which (a) business organisations and (b) non-governmental organisations he met during his visit to the COP 21 climate change conference in Paris on 30 November 2015.

Climate Change Convention: Paris

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the implications for her polices of the Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform Communiqué presented by the New Zealand Prime Minister John Key on behalf of the Prince of Wale

Climate Change: International Cooperation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information she holds on the number of countries calling for a commitment to limit global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees; what the Government's policy is on limiting the long-term glob