§ Lord Juddasked Her Majesty's Government:
What contingency plans they are making, together with other governments, to cope with the consequences of any large-scale migration and human displacement which may result from climate change [HL3310]
§ Baroness AmosThe UK is actively participating in the development of the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This report, to be published in 2001, will assess the state of knowledge on the impacts of climate change, including the possibility of human migration as a result of climate change. This assessment will build on earlier discussion of the issue in the IPCC's Second Assessment Report, published in 1995. Meanwhile we are playing a full part in supporting measures to mitigate the effects of natural disasters, and in establishing effective international and regional mechanisms for responding to them when they do occur.