Negotiating Climate Change Politics in Parliament

Bell, K.

Abstract

he All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group (APPCCG) is a coalition of 150 MPs from all parties, as well as almost 200 representatives of a variety of businesses, NGOs, academic institutions, and embassies. Its registered aim is ‘To raise awareness of the threat of climate change and to promote policies to counter that threat’ (Register of All Party Groups, 2012). This involves discussing the practical strategies, at national and international level, for enabling the UK and the rest of the world to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The current Chair of the Committee is the Labour parliamentarian, Joan Walley MP, who also heads the Environmental Audit Committee. The Secretariat of the APPCCG is the Carbon Neutral Company, a business which has ‘…pioneered the carbon offset industry’ (Carbon Neutral Company, 2012).

On 11th September 2011, I attended an important meeting of this group...

Citation

Bell, K. (2011). Negotiating Climate Change Politics in Parliament

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 11, 2011
• Publication Date: Nov 1, 2011
• Journal: Cabot Institute Blog
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: environmental politics, climate change, degrowth, technology, market environmentalism
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/957756
• Publisher URL: https://cabot-institute.blogspot.com/2012/10/normal-0-false-false-false-en-gb-x-none.html