§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what he estimates to be the third-world population at risk from a loss of agricultural income if global temperatures rise by(a) 0.5 deg, (b) 1 deg, (c) 1.5 deg, and (d) 2 deg, by 2030;
(2) what studies or research his Department has commissioned on the effect of global warming and sea level rise on developing countries;
(3) what estimates are available of the area of land in developing countries that would be flooded by a sea level rise of (a) 20 cm, (b) 50 cm, (c) 70 cm, and (d) 1 m;
The project aid figures include funds invested through the Commonwealth Development Corporation. The 1989 figures are provisional at this stage.
The majority of the emergency aid has gone to the northern and eastern parts of Uganda. Project aid has largely been disbursed in the Kampala, Entebbe, and Jinja region on the rehabilitation of Owen Falls power station, certain key roads and Mulago hospital, and on support to the police force. Programme aid has been allocated mostly to transport, industry and agriculture; no data are readily available on its distribution by region.
674Wradiation. I understand that the UKAEA and Nuclear Electric are fully committed to assisting with any independent studies recommended by COMARE and accepted by Government.