Results 1-20 of 25 for climate change speaker:Lord Adonis
- Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: Ports: National Policy (9 Nov 2009)
Lord Adonis: ...a key element of the Government's programme to deliver the reforms to the planning system included in last year's Planning Act. As my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change has announced in another place, the Government are also today publishing for consultation a series of national policy statements for energy infrastructure. The aim of the reforms to...
- Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: Government Departments: Cars (16 Jul 2009)
Lord Adonis: ...Communities and Local Government 6 418,300 Department for Culture, Media and Sport 3 243,400 Department for Children, Schools and Families 5 360,900 Department of Energy and Climate Change 3 99,000 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 4 262,400 Department for International Development 4 272,000 Department for Transport 4 289,800 ...
- Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: Transport: Low-carbon (15 Jul 2009)
Lord Adonis: ...and business more low carbon choices about when, where and how to travel or to transport goods. We have already begun—and will continue—a strong programme of activity to tackle the climate change impact of transport. In December 2008, we agreed a demanding framework with our European partners for reducing CO2 emissions from new cars. This alone is expected to save 7 million...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Energy: Biofuels (12 Feb 2009)
Lord Adonis: ...Agency (RFA) to require suppliers to report volumes of fossil and biofuel supplied and this information will be used to determine a supplier's obligation and if it has been met. Provisions in the Climate Change Act 2008 provide for information to be supplied to the RFA by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise to verify these reports. Information about how suppliers have complied with their...
- Transport: Infrastructure — Statement (15 Jan 2009)
Lord Adonis: ...than on aviation were "cover"—I think that that was the word he used—for the announcements. He then went on to say that he knew that I had been a strong proponent of rail investment and change. I can tell him and the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, that these announcements are not cover; they are absolutely sincere and serious proposals. I think that the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw,...
- Transport: Infrastructure — Statement (15 Jan 2009)
Lord Adonis: ...proposals. Sir David Rowlands will chair the company in the interim. I see a strong case for this new line approaching London via a Heathrow international hub station on the Great Western line to provide a direct four-way interchange between the airport, the new north-south line, existing Great Western rail services and Crossrail into the centre of London. My intention is that by the end...
- Railways (20 Nov 2008)
Lord Adonis: ..., environmental concern and rising carbon emissions on the one hand, and steadily faster, more efficient, and more environmentally friendly trains on the other, the terms of trade in transport are changing fundamentally. The railways are coming back, not only because we like them but because we need them. Nothing exemplifies this better than one of the lesser reported ballot results in the...
- Local Transport Bill [HL] (18 Nov 2008)
Lord Adonis: ...itself, or provisions as amended by that Act, as well as other enactments. Amendments Nos. 2 to 8 amend the consultation requirements that are imposed on the senior traffic commissioner. The main change is that, before issuing directions or guidance to the other commissioners, the senior commissioner would be required to consult such organisations representing the interests of public...
- Local Transport Bill [HL] (18 Nov 2008)
Lord Adonis: .... The guidance needs to be taken seriously by local authorities. However, it appears to the Government that local authorities are taking the need to give much greater priority to the tackling of climate change very seriously indeed. The number of local authorities which have chosen to include an emissions target among their priorities in local area agreements is very encouraging. One...
- EU Emissions Trading Scheme: Aviation (10 Nov 2008)
Lord Adonis: My Lords, the noble Lord is right that there is an international dimension to this well beyond Europe. We are leading discussions in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and in the International Civil Aviation Organisation. Negotiations will conclude in 2009. We still believe that we can get a global deal, including international aviation. The steps that we are taking in...
- EU Emissions Trading Scheme: Aviation (10 Nov 2008)
Lord Adonis: ...to a reduction in CO2 emissions of up to 129 million tonnes by 2015 and 194 million tonnes by 2020. So the steps that we have agreed within the European Union are hugely important in terms of the climate change agenda.
- EU Emissions Trading Scheme: Aviation (10 Nov 2008)
Lord Adonis: My Lords, actually, on Thursday there will be a Question in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Higgins, on shipping and climate change, but I can tell my noble friend that the UK is proposing that the IMO negotiates a new convention to deal with greenhouse gas emissions from ships, using economic instruments such as an emissions trading scheme. We would welcome the inclusion of shipping in the...
- Roads (22 Oct 2008)
Lord Adonis: ...to enable balanced decisions to take place within an overall context which includes a much higher premium in the future than in the past on reducing emissions that we place a monetary value on the change in emissions so that they can be considered alongside the other impacts. We use the shadow price of carbon provided by the Department of Energy and Climate Change in this valuation. The...
- Schools: Geography (22 Jan 2008)
Lord Adonis: ...respect of teaching geography. The new key stage 3 curriculum, which comes into force this September, will offer teachers greater freedom to teach topical, contemporary and relevant issues, such as climate change and globalisation, in order to engage and enthuse pupils. Part of the £2 million action plan to which I referred goes towards sustained professional development for geography...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Climate Change (18 Jun 2007)
Lord Adonis: The writers of the guidance to teachers which accompanied the climate change pack were chosen on the basis of their knowledge, expertise and experience to write material to support the teaching of geography, science and citizenship in schools. We do not believe that any of those consulted on the guidance are sceptical of the strong scientific consensus that manmade emissions of greenhouse...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Climate Change (11 Jun 2007)
Lord Adonis: The writers of the guidance to teachers which accompanied the climate change pack were chosen on the basis of their knowledge, expertise and experience to write material to support the teaching of geography, science and citizenship in schools. The department is not aware of the opinions of those persons on all aspects of the content of "An Inconvenient Truth". However, all of the persons who...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Climate Change (21 May 2007)
Lord Adonis: The total cost to the DfES and Defra of producing and sending the climate change pack to schools was £55,834. Of this, £23,970 was spent on purchasing copies of "An Inconvenient Truth".
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Climate Change (17 May 2007)
Lord Adonis: ...pupils. We consulted a number of people with teaching expertise, including representatives of the Royal Geographical Society and the Association for Science Education, and experts in the science of climate change, including the Met Office, when developing the teacher guidance. Where teachers decide to use the pack, the guidance provides ideas for using the resources to teach about climate...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Climate Change (3 May 2007)
Lord Adonis: The Government are planning to distribute a climate change pack to secondary schools in England, which will include a copy of the film "An Inconvenient Truth" among other resources. Online teacher guidance accompanying the pack will remind teachers about the duties contained in Sections 406 and 407 of the Education Act 1996, which require a balanced presentation of political issues.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Climate Change (19 Mar 2007)
Lord Adonis: The pack sent to schools will signpost web-based information, including guidance for teachers on how to incorporate climate change into the teaching of the national curriculum. This guidance will reference opposing theories on the causes of climate change. We will not be sending a copy of "The Great Global Warming Swindle" to schools.