§ Mr. StunellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what representations he has received on the impact of climate 605W change on (a) natural habitats and wildlife, (b) water resources and water management and (c) coastal and estuarial flooding and erosion; and if he will make a statement. [15591]
§ Angela EagleFrom time to time the Government receive representations on the impacts of climate change on a wide range of sectors.
The Government are concerned to understand better the potential impacts of climate change on all sectors. In this regard, they draw on the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and their own Climate Change Impacts Review Group. My Department has also established an office at the Environmental Change Unit at the University of Oxford to co-ordinate research on the impacts of climate change in the UK.
All child pedestrians aged 0-14 killed All pedestrians killed Country 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Great Britain 210 170 153 147 120 1,496 1,347 1,241 1,124 1,038 United Kingdom 221 177 161 162 129 1,541 1,394 1,283 1,169 1,085 Austria 18 19 20 18 19 260 240 202 225 200 Belgium 31 39 14 21 — 280 233 199 197 — Denmark 17 8 8 6 11 141 111 133 94 118 Finland 4 16 7 9 8 130 116 86 87 72 France 164 132 108 109 96 1,446 1,270 1,195 1.190 1,086 Germany 185 154 132 138 138 1,918 1,767 1,580 1,469 1,336 Greece 28 30 28 36 23 461 452 485 467 469 Ireland 23 17 17 15 — 114 115 136 121 — Italy 82 60 47 69 — 1,241 1,148 997 1,024 — Netherlands 26 21 16 15 24 67 56 48 41 46 Norway 10 3 9 8 5 144 152 146 123 142 Portugal 120 87 88 59 67 797 694 699 564 598 Spain 105 74 93 72 77 1,371 1,208 1,104 1,008 1,000 Sweden 7 14 6 13 6 125 138 94 86 71