The Structure of Government and the Challenge of Climate Change

HC 740, Ninth Report of Session 2006-07 - Report, Together with Formal Minutes, Oral and Written Evidence

Author:

House of Commons - Environmental Audit Committee

Publisher:

TSO (The Stationery Office)

'The Structure of Government and the Challenge of Climate Change (HC 740)' finds that over the past decade the Government has failed to rise fully to the domestic challenge of climate change and its likely failure to reach its domestic target on reducing carbon dioxide emissions will have a damaging impact on the UK's international leadership role in reaching a post-Kyoto agreement. Although the Government has introduced some new arrangements for coordinating climate change policy more effectively across Whitehall, the scale of the challenge and the complexity involved in radically restructuring the economy to bring about the needed emission reduction targets requires further changes.

There is a need for a strategic review of Government action to ensure that the leadership and responsibility for the development and delivery of climate change mitigation and adaptation policies is clear, as well as a new long-term policy framework to ensure that policies introduced today do not undermine our ability to reduce emissions in the future. The Committee also recommends that a new and authoritative body be established within the Cabinet Office to drive forward policy and to diminish the potential for a conflict of objectives between departments.

Extent	139 pages	ISBN	9780215036896
Size	A4	Price	£17.50
Binding	Paperback	Published	29 Oct 2007
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