Climate change international action

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1. IPCC call for UK Experts to produce the IPCC Sixth Assessment

   BEIS invites UK experts to express their interest in acting as Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors or Review Editors for the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

2. Community Emissions Trading Scheme: primary participant application

   Application form for companies and organisations to be a primary participant in the Community Emissions Trading Scheme.

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Guidance and regulation

1. Climate change explained
   • Detailed guide
   • 31 July 2018
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
2. International Climate Finance
   • Detailed guide
   • 29 January 2019
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department for International Development, and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
3. Meeting climate change requirements if there’s no Brexit deal
   • Guidance
   • 12 October 2018
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
4. Powering Past Coal Alliance declaration
   • Notice
   • 5 November 2018
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
5. UK Small Emitter and Hospital Opt-out Scheme
   • Guidance
   • 4 December 2015
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

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News and communications

25 January 2019 — Speech

Climate change as a security risk: Lord Ahmad's statement

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

1. UK aid protects thousands from extreme weather as ‘mega storms’ tracked across Africa
   • 22 January 2019
   • Department for International Development and Natural Environment Research Council
   • Press release
2. £100 million for renewable energy projects in Africa to provide electricity to 2.4 million people a year
   • 11 December 2018
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Press release
3. Green Great Britain: Climate Policy and Energy Transition
   • 1 November 2018
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • Speech
4. UK & Samoa - A historic relationship set to become stronger
   • 26 October 2018
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • Speech

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Research and statistics

1. The UK’s Second Biennial Report
   • 15 January 2016
   • Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
   • Research
2. Annual reviews of the ICF support for the NAMA Facility
   • 18 November 2015
   • Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
   • Research
3. Annual reviews of the International Carbon Capture and Storage Programme
   • 18 November 2015
   • Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
   • Research
4. Annual reviews of the International 2050 Pathways Partnership and Global Calculator project
   • 18 November 2015
   • Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
   • Research
5. Carbon Matters: A Review of Listed Companies’ Carbon Disclosure and Performance in Hong Kong
   • 20 July 2015
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

1. The UK and Australia: a dynamic partnership for the 21st century
   • 20 July 2018
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Ministry of Defence
   • Policy paper
2. Joint Statement on the Roadmap to the $US100 billion
   • 9 November 2016
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Policy paper
3. Climate Finance Roadmap to US$100 Billion
   • 24 October 2016
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Policy paper
4. The Climate Investment Funds (CIFs)
   • 4 January 2016
   • Department for International Development
   • Case study
5. Asian Development Bank Solar Loan Guarantee Facility
   • 18 November 2015
   • Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
   • Case study

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Committee on Climate Change’s 2017 progress report: government response
   • 12 October 2017
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Corporate report
2. Committee on Climate Change’s 2015 progress report: Government response
   • 15 October 2015
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
   • Corporate report
3. Committee on Climate Change annual report 2014-15
   • 29 June 2015
   • Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change and Committee on Climate Change
   • Corporate report
4. UK delegation costs for the Lima COP20 conference
   • 27 March 2015
   • Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
   • Transparency
5. First annual review of the Forests Carbon Partnership Facility
   • 13 February 2015
   • Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
   • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
2. Department for International Development
3. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
4. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
5. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs

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1. Department for Exiting the European Union
2. Department for International Trade
3. Ministry of Defence

1. Environment Agency