European Union - Thirtieth Report

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Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 19 October 2004.

CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

Our Inquiry

What is Climate Change?

BOX 1 Greenhouse Gases

FIGURE 1 UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector, 2000

What are the effects of Climate Change?

What can be done to mitigate climate change?

Regulation

Innovation: research and technological development

Voluntary action by industries, communities and individuals

Monitoring and Predicting

Education and Communication

Chapter 2: The International Context for EU Policy

Intergovernmental Action

Introduction

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

Kyoto Protocol

BOX 2 Flexibility Mechanisms

The EU and Kyoto

Broad EU Policy

The UK Climate Change Programme

EU Progress on Climate Change

TABLE 1 Member States' targets and progress towards achieving them

Non-compliance by Member States

Competitiveness Concerns in the EU

Chapter 3: EU Emissions Trading Scheme

Introduction

Phase 1 and Phase 2

How successful is the EU ETS likely to be?

Discretion of Member States

National Allocation Plans

BOX 3 UK National Allocation Plan

The Linking Directive

Links with other Emissions Trading Schemes

Chapter 4: Transport

Road Transport

BOX 4 Hybrid Technology Cars

Aviation

Chapter 5: Other Policy Areas

Energy Efficiency

EU Renewable Energy Policy

TABLE 2 Member States' progress towards meeting their renewable energy targets

Nuclear Power

Innovation, Research and Technology

BOX 5 Energy Provision in Woking

Greenhouse Gases other than Carbon Dioxide

Waste

Agriculture

Biofuels

Personal Responsibility

Levels of understanding

How to raise awareness

Chapter 6: The EU and the International Community

The EU as an International Negotiator

The EU and the United States

The EU and Russia

The EU and Developing Countries

The UK Presidencies in 2005

Post-2012 International Agreement

Recommendation

Appendix 1: Membership of Sub-Committee D (Environment and Agriculture)

Appendix 2: List of Witnesses

Appendix 3: Previous Reports by the Committee

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

25 February 2004

3 March 2004

10 March 2004

24 March 2004

28 April 2004

5 May 2004

12 May 2004

19 May 2004

26 May 2004

9 June 2004

23 June 2004

30 June 2004

Written evidence

NOTE: (Q) refers to a question in oral evidence and (p) refers to a page of written evidence.

The Report of the Committee is published in Volume I (HL Paper 179-I) and the Evidence is published in Volume II (HL Paper 179-II)

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