Mr. Robert AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on progress towards meeting the United Nations conference on environment and development at Rio de Janerio obligations in so far as they concern energy saving in the domestic market.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe framework convention on climate change, which was signed by 153 countries at the Rio Earth summit in June 1992 and came into force in March this
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Privately rented dwellings and households 1981 to 1993 England Year Dwellings Households Number thousands Proportion of all dwellings percent Number thousands Proportion of all households percent 1981 2,050 11.4 1,910 11.0 1982 2,040 11.2 — — 1983 2,030 11.1 1,880 10.6 1984 2,030 10.9 1,920 10.7 1985 2,000 10.7 1,900 10.6 year commits developed countries to take measures aimed at returning emissions of greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by 2000. The United Kingdom climate change United Kingdom programme, which was published in January, sets out in full the measures aimed at meeting the convention commitment. These include measures affecting the domestic energy sector, which are expected to reduce emissions by 4 million tonnes of carbon—MtC—against projected CO2 emissions by 2000.