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Climate Change

Volume 455: debated on Tuesday 9 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what research projects related to the impact on climate change of energy have been funded by his Department in 2005-06; and at what cost. (109333)

The Department does not fund research projects relating to the impact on climate change of energy. The recently published Stern review provided an extensive analysis of the long-term impact on the climate of greenhouse gas emissions.

The Department has funded research to estimate the costs of policies to reduce emissions through measures such as emissions trading and new technologies in the electricity generation sector.