Policy

Information on some of the reviews and policies that act as the foundation of Government strategy on climate change. A number of these, such as the Stern Review, are based on climate science from the Met Office Hadley Centre.


The road to Copenhagen

The annual United Nations climate conference will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark with the aim of negotiating an agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol when it expires in 2012.

The Copenhagen conference

The Climate Change Act

The Climate Change Act is the world's first long-term legally binding framework to tackle the dangers of climate change. We have been closely involved throughout.

More about the Act

UN Climate Change Summit

The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland, COP14, highlighted that climate change is a global problem. Our PRECIS system is designed to provide regional detail to aid this problem.

More about the summit

The Eliasch Review

An independent review which has reported to the Prime Minister on the role international finance could play in preserving global forests, to tackle climate change.

The Eliasch Review

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