Climate change international action

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• 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).

• 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

• Meeting climate change requirements from 1 January 2021
  • Guidance
  • 9 September 2020
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Climate change explained
  • Detailed guide
  • 25 July 2019
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• International Climate Finance
  • Detailed guide
  • 19 August 2020
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and Closed organisation: Department for International Development
• Windfarm Mitigation for UK Air Defence
  • Notice
  • 5 March 2020
  • Defence and Security Accelerator, Ministry of Defence, and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• 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

A Sustainable Recovery for People and Planet

14 October 2020 — Speech

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

• UK convenes ASEAN-COP26 Climate Dialogue
  • 1 October 2020
  • World news story
• Prime Minister's speech at the UN High-Level summit on biodiversity: 30 September 2020
  • 30 September 2020
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Speech
• High-level event on financing for development: UK statement on sustainable recovery after COVID-19
  • 29 September 2020
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Speech
• Environment Secretary speech on biodiversity: 24 September 2020
  • 24 September 2020
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• BEIS and DFID response to ICAI recommendations: International Climate Finance Aid for Low Carbon Development in Developing Countries
  • 11 April 2019
  • Closed organisation: Department for International Development and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Independent report
• The UK’s Second Biennial Report
  • 15 January 2016
  • Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
  • Research
• Annual reviews of the ICF support for the NAMA Facility
  • 18 November 2015
  • Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
  • Research
• Annual reviews of the International Carbon Capture and Storage Programme
  • 18 November 2015
  • Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
  • Research
• Annual reviews of the International 2050 Pathways Partnership and Global Calculator project
  • 18 November 2015
  • Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• UK-Vietnam strategic partnership: forging ahead for another 10 years
  • 30 September 2020
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Policy paper
• The UK and Australia: a dynamic partnership for the 21st century
  • 20 July 2018
  • Closed organisation: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Ministry of Defence
  • Policy paper
• Joint Statement on the Roadmap to the $US100 billion
  • 9 November 2016
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Policy paper
• Climate Finance Roadmap to US$100 Billion
  • 24 October 2016
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Policy paper
• International Climate Fund – impact on the ground
  • 25 September 2015
  • Closed organisation: Department for International Development and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• UK Climate Finance Results
  • 19 August 2020
  • Closed organisation: Department for International Development
  • Corporate report
• FCO sustainability report 2019 to 2020
  • 7 August 2020
  • Closed organisation: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • Corporate report
• Committee on Climate Change’s 2017 progress report: government response
  • 12 October 2017
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Corporate report
• Committee on Climate Change’s 2015 progress report: Government response
  • 15 October 2015
  • Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Corporate report
• Committee on Climate Change annual report 2014-15
  • 29 June 2015
  • Committee on Climate Change and Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

• Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
• Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Ministry of Defence

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• Cabinet Office
• Defence and Security Accelerator
• Department for International Trade
• Government Actuary's Department

• Environment Agency