Environment
Our environment - land, sea, air, rivers - is constantly under threat. From flooding, to getting rid of nuclear waste, to building houses on the green belt - the land which in theory is meant to stop urban sprawl - the challenge is endless.
This section deals with some of the biggest challenges of all, including:
- climate change and what the UK Government and other institutions are doing to counter it
- what the UK is doing to achieve sustainable development - development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- how the UK is using new forms of renewable energy to reduce carbon emissions
- what UK industry and business is doing to protect the environment
- the international organisations that the UK works with to achieve climate security, such as the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN) and G8.
Climate change and the UK
Useful Links
Department of Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (Berr)
Department for the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Department for International Development (Dfid)
Energy white paper: meeting the energy challenge
International Energy Agency (IEA)
Organisation for the Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
