§ Mr. StunellTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the external organisations set up by her as part of the Government's strategy to combat climate changes indicating(a) their remits and (b) their sources at funding. [54448]
§ Mr. MeacherThe Department, together with the Devolved Administrations, set up the Carbon Trust in April 2001. It is a private, not for profit organisation whose remit is to recycle around £100 million of climate change levy receipts over three years to accelerate the take 13W up of cost effective, low carbon technologies by business and levy payers. It receives funding from my Department and the Devolved Administrations.
In 1997, the Department also established the UK Climate Impacts Programme to help the public and private sector assess the impacts of climate change and plan how to adapt to it. We currently provide around £0.5 million a year to fund the (UKCIP).
Many other organisations from both the private and public sectors also assist the Government with it's climate change strategy. These include the Emissions Trading
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