Links

Relevant Government Departments and Agencies:

Further information on government policy on renewable energy and climate change can be obtained through the following links:

CLG
Communities and Local Government has responsibility for planning policy on renewable energy. See, in particular, Planning Policy Statement: PPS 22 Renewable Energy
http://www.communities.gov.uk/planning

DECC
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has overall responsibility for the UK energy policies and for renewable energy.
http://decc.gov.uk

See, in particular, the Government’s Low Carbon Transition Plan
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/publications/lc_trans_plan/lc_tran...

DEFRA
Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is concerned with policy on sustainable development including measures to tackle climate change.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/sustainable

Sustainable Development Commission
The Sustainable Development Commission is the Government's independent watchdog on sustainable development.
http://www.sd-commission.org.uk

Renewable Energy

Further information about renewable energy, including wind power and other forms of renewable energy can be obtained from the following links:

BWEA
British Wind Energy Association promotes wind, wave and tidal power in the UK.
http://www.bwea.com

EWEA
European Wind Energy Association is the voice of the wind industry in Europe and worldwide.
http://www.ewea.org

REGEN South West
Regen South West is the renewable energy agency for the South West of England that acts as a catalyst for the development on renewables in the region.
http://www.regensw.co.uk

RPA
The Renewable Energy Association represents British renewable energy producers and promotes the use of sustainable energy in the UK.
http://www.r-e-a.net

Climate change

Further information about the impact of climate change can be obtained from the following links:

NEF
National Energy Foundation is an independent trust that helps people and businesses throughout the UK to reduce their carbon emissions through the use of energy efficiency measures and renewable energy sources to help combat climate change.
http://www.nef.org.uk

UKCIP
UK Climate Impacts Programme helps organisations to adapt to inevitable climate change.
http://www.ukcip.org.uk

IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - a scientific, intergovernmental organisation that provides objective sources of information on climate change to decision makers worldwide.
http://www.ipcc.ch

UNFCCC
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - the Kyoto protocol and climate change conference in Bali.
http://unfccc.int/2860.php

Met Office Hadley Centre
Leading international research into the impact of climate change.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climatechange/science/hadleycentre/