House of Lords written question – answered am ar 11 Rhagfyr 2009.
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
Spokesperson for Work and Pensions
To ask Her Majesty's Government what scientific research they have commissioned to support the United Kingdom delegation to the Copenhagen climate change conference; and when they will publish the research.
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, House of Lords, Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change, Minister of State (Department of Energy and Climate Change), Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
Early this year DECC and Defra initiated a major new research programme (AVOID), aimed at assessing how the world can avoid dangerous climate change. AVOID is being delivered by a consortium of experts, led by the Met Office, and including the Grantham and Walker Institutes and the Tyndall Centre. A significant component of AVOID during the past 10 months has been to deliver new climate science evidence, specifically to inform the UK delegation ahead of Copenhagen, in particular with respect to emission pathways associated with limiting global temperature rises to 2 degrees Celsius, a review of climate change impacts and the costs associated with impacts and mitigation action. Key results to date are available on the programme websitel and it is expected that associated research papers will, be published in the scientific peer-reviewed literature in the new year.
A summary of results will be presented at the Copenhagen negotiations in December.
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