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  • UK hails successful start to 15 months of climate diplomacy

    The UN summit on climate change has “successfully fires the starting gun” to a critical fifteen months of climate diplomacy, according to UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Edward Davey.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UN Climate Summit 2014: David Cameron’s remarks

    David Cameron spoke about addressing climate change through global action at the UN Climate Summit 2014.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Joint statement on REDD+

    Joint Statement on REDD+ by Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Nations Climate Summit, 23 September, 2014

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Renewed support to reduce emissions through protecting the world’s forests

    Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom, three of the largest supporters of forest conservation, announced today their continued financial commitment to REDD+, or reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and fores…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New Climate Economy Report is launched locally in South Africa

    British High Commission and the National Planning Commission launch the New Climate Economy Report

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • “New Climate Economy Report” has been released

    Economic growth and action on climate change can now be achieved together, finds global commission.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Denver Sluice back in full working order

    The Environment Agency has completed £60,000 of repairs to the Denver Sluice which was damaged during the East Coast tidal surge in December 2013.

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  • DIO energy savings see the light

    Lighting improvements at the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) are cutting emissions of greenhouse gases and helping to save money.

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  • New Climate Economy report

    Edward Davey's response to the publication of the New Climate Economy report: ‘Better Growth, Better Climate’.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Electric Vehicle Summit

    Explains the history and progress made with electric cars.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Amendments to the Ownership Unbundling Provisions of The Electricity Act 1989 and Gas Act 1989

    Call for comments on amending the current GB ownership unbundling provisions which prescribe the circumstances in which transmission companies may also have interests in production or supply.

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  • Joint Day of Climate Action - Human Dynamics of Climate Change Speech by HE Antony Phillipson

    Welcome address delivered by High Commissioner during the 'Joint Day of Climate Action' event on 9 September 2014.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK supports progress towards completion of a 2050 emissions pathway calculator for Thailand

    UK provides training to Thai officials on how to develop emissions tracking tool.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Climate Change - Time to act

    Mr Giles Lever, British Ambassador to Vietnam delivers an op-ed to call joint efforts to tackle climate change - one of the global challenges.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • EU Member States’ embassies mark Climate Change Day in Tashkent

    On 9 September 2014 British Ambassador Mr George Edgar hosted an event at his Residence to mark the Climate Change Day of Action.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Worldwide Climate Change Diplomacy Day to highlight need for action

    UK, French and German embassies around the world join to promote action on climate change and show the economic opportunities it can bring.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK continues to support sustainable green development in Mongolia

    UK support for the pioneering work of The Ecological Sequestration Trust in Mongolia coincides with a number of climate change events.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The UK government’s vision for a global climate deal

    Speech by Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey setting out the UK government’s new vision for a global climate deal in Paris 2015.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Travelling on foot and by tram in Oslo on joint climate diplomacy day

    On the first Joint Climate Diplomacy Day of its kind, the German, French and British ambassadors to Norway left cars out of their journeys around Oslo.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Prosperity and growth hand in hand with carbon reduction

    UK government sets out vision for global climate deal in Paris 2015.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government