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Climate Change Seminars: Supporting effective debate on the Scottish Climate Change Bill - Seminar Two
| Date: | 06/11/2008 |
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| Classification: | Climate Change |
| Document type: | SDC Reports & Papers |
| Download: |  20081106ClimatechangesummaryFINAL.pdf - 210 KB |
| Summary: |  Seminar Two: Policy options to achieve the 80% cut (part one)Introduction The second of the four seminars considered the Government’s overall approach to the delivery of the 80% cut outlined in the draft Bill. The seminar also moved on to consider the potential for action in two important policy areas: energy efficiency/conservation and carbon capture and storage. Presentations to the seminar were made by Cameron Maxwell (Scottish Government), Dr Brenda Boardman (Oxford University) and Prof. Stuart Haszeldine (Edinburgh University). |
| Purpose: | The second in a series of four seminars intended to inform MSPs' scrutiny of the Climage 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 |