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Climate Change Seminars: Supporting effective debate on the Scottish Climate Change Bill - Seminar One
| Date: | 29/10/2008 |
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| Classification: | Climate Change |
| Document type: | SDC Reports & Papers |
| Download: |  20081029climatechangesummaryFINAL.pdf - 371 KB |
| Summary: |  Seminar One: Climate Change and Scenarios for ScotlandThe first of the four seminars considered the latest scientific evidence around climate change and what this is likely to mean for Scotland. The international framework for climate change was also discussed. Presentations to the seminar were made by Prof. Pete Smith (University of Aberdeen), Dr Richard Wood (Met Office Hadley Centre) and Dr. Chris West (Director of UK Climate Impacts programme (UKCIP)). |
| Purpose: | The first of a series of four seminars intended to inform MSPs’ scrutiny of the Climate Change Bill - helping MSPs explore climate change with experts from within Scotland and elsewhere and thus raise the experts' awareness of the developments in climate change policy and legislation in Scotland |