Results 1-20 of 307 for climate change speaker:Lord Rooker

Written Answers — House of Lords: Waste Management (29 Sep 2008)

Lord Rooker: ..., which the Government fully endorse, are that waste be managed in a way that does not harm the environment or endanger human health, and that waste policies should contribute to action against climate change. It is therefore likely that, in the absence of any EU requirements, successive UK Governments would have put similar legislation in place.

Climate Change (15 Jul 2008)

Lord Rooker: My Lords, data on the changing average temperature of land areas are freely available on the Met Office Hadley Centre's website. These data show that the average temperature over land has increased by 1 degree centigrade since pre-industrial times and, furthermore, has continued to rise over the past 10 years. Most of this increase can be attributed to the human-induced increases in...

Climate Change (15 Jul 2008)

Lord Rooker: My Lords, the Committee on Climate Change will not be responsible for issuing regular updates on climate information relevant to where people live. However, the adaptation sub-committee of the Committee on Climate Change will have a role in advising the Government on their national climate change risk assessments and will produce the budget over a five-year period, the first one being...

Climate Change (15 Jul 2008)

Lord Rooker: ..., the negotiations in Copenhagen will be crucial in agreeing a replacement for Kyoto. We are not in favour of forests being chopped down, as we made absolutely clear during the passage of the Climate Change Bill. There will be plenty of opportunity for the Government to set out their case in the autumn during the Report stage of the Climate Change Bill and then in this House.

Climate Change (15 Jul 2008)

Lord Rooker: ...among humans. This morning I was at Wisley launching a consultation on plant diseases that have been discovered in the country only in the past five years. That may or may not be as a result of climate change or international trade, but I can assure the noble Countess that the Department of Health is fully aware and prepared for changes in the temperature and the climate as regards new...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Research Section (9 Jul 2008)

Lord Rooker: ...in 2001 from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) and part of the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR). More recently, there have been some significant changes within Defra, which have led to the formation of policy groups for food and farming, the natural environment, and climate change. Additionally, in line with recommendations from the 2004...

Carbon Emissions (30 Jun 2008)

Lord Rooker: ...levels will go down again—in another 800,000 years—but we need to be able to do something today if something is happening to the atmosphere that is caused by man. That is the issue: is climate change man made or not? The consensus is that it is.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Climate Change: Committee Chairman (30 Jun 2008)

Lord Rooker: We intend to appoint a successor to the noble Lord, Lord Turner, who has announced his intention to stand down from his post as chair of the Committee on Climate Change in the new year. As with all appointments to the committee, the appointment will be made in a fair and transparent way (and against set criteria), regulated by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments. We plan to...

Climate Change (19 Jun 2008)

Lord Rooker: My Lords, an assessment of future climate change comes from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2007 report. The global average temperature will rise between 1.1 and 6.4 degrees Celsius above 1990 levels by 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated. Warming will be accompanied by rising sea levels, changes in rainfall patterns and more extreme whether. The UK Climate...

Climate Change (19 Jun 2008)

Lord Rooker: ...supplementary is very similar as well. My Answer was slightly different. The temperature ranges are slightly different, because the previous Answer was based on the 2001 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. This matter is being watched all the while. With due respect to everybody else, there is considerable confidence around the world that the climate models provide reliable...

Climate Change (19 Jun 2008)

Lord Rooker: ...water and land temperatures. However, the consensus of scientists is that the long-term trend of increased temperatures results from man-made emissions. I am reluctant to say anything about the Climate Change Bill, which has started its Committee stage in the other place, and will come back to this House. I should not prejudge what the other place will do. However, according to the Stern...

Climate Change (19 Jun 2008)

Lord Rooker: My Lords, I have not seen the reports that my noble friend mentioned. However, it is reported that there could be catastrophic tipping points in the world's climate, whether caused by thermal changes in the Atlantic or what is happening in the Arctic and the loss of the ice. On the other hand, none of these tipping points may occur. If they occurred, it would be catastrophic. In my original...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Waste Management: Landfill (18 Jun 2008)

Lord Rooker: ...that only a combination of these activities will allow England to dramatically reduce the amount of biodegradable municipal waste sent to landfill, and make a significant contribution to tackling climate change. WIDP provides local authorities with high-quality, comprehensive support to ensure that the infrastructure requirement is met—including financial help through private finance...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Climate Change (16 Jun 2008)

Lord Rooker: Sector associations, which manage climate change agreements on behalf of their industry members, have already been informed of the Government's intention to consult on the form and content of the new climate change agreements. Informal consultations have already taken place, and are continuing. A formal consultation document will be issued in the summer.

National Parks (12 Jun 2008)

Lord Rooker: My Lords, I do not have a specific answer for that but, if memory serves me right, I do not think the issue of the national parks was ever raised during the passage of the Climate Change Bill. I will see that it is raised in the other place and that we get an answer to it.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Structural Changes (11 Jun 2008)

Lord Rooker: ...to live within our environmental means. That is underpinned by two public service agreement objectives: to secure a healthy natural environment and to lead the global effort to avoid dangerous climate change. In addition, the department has eight strategic objectives, of which two examples are: a thriving farming and food sector, and stronger communities. The structural changes in question...

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Structural Changes (11 Jun 2008)

Lord Rooker: My Lords, this is rerunning history. Food, farming and rural affairs are still our priorities. Climate change is a priority, but it encompasses a lot of these other issues. The way we farm and manage the land, and the things farmers can do to mitigate and attack climate change, are a major contribution, as was said during the debates on the Climate Change Bill in this House. Just because the...

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Structural Changes (11 Jun 2008)

Lord Rooker: ..., the reassessment will come from the Strategy Unit and the Cabinet Office later this summer, as we have had a review of the food sector and the overall holistic contribution that it makes to both climate change and the cost of living.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Climate Change: Rainforests (22 May 2008)

Lord Rooker: ...with the largest net forest loss per year between 2000 and 2005 had a combined net forest loss of 8.2 million hectares per year. The fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from deforestation to be about 5.8 GtCO2/yr during the 1990s, and more recently 8.5 GtCO2/yr in 2004, which accounts for just over 17 per...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Climate Change: Sea Level (8 May 2008)

Lord Rooker: Rising sea levels is an issue that affects many coastal areas both in the UK and around the world. The fourth assessment report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that world sea levels could rise by 0.18m to 0.59m (relative to 1980 to 1999) by the end of the 21st century, as a result of global warming. These estimates do not include future changes in ice...