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Climate change: Rural Climate Change Forum

Meetings

The Forum meets 3-4 times per year, and operates via paper-based and email communication between meetings.

The Forum works openly and transparently, with normal practice being to publish papers, minutes and agendas of meetings.

Sixth meeting - 14 March 2007

• Agenda (PDF 20 KB)
• Minutes (PDF 60 KB)

Papers

• RCCF 07/01 - ALFM Climate Change Implementation Plan (PDF 180 KB)
• RCCF 07/02 - Market mechanisms for GHG mitigation in ALFM (PDF 60 KB)
• RCCF 07/03 - Communications Sub-Group: next steps (PDF 30 KB)
• RCCF 07/04 - Update on Anaerobic Digestion (PDF 50 KB)
• RCCF 07/05 - Bioenergy (PDF 35 KB)

Fifth meeting - 9 October 2006

• Agenda (PDF 25 KB)
• Minutes (PDF 50 KB)

Papers

• RCCF 06/07 - Revised RCCF Terms of Reference and future work (PDF 25 KB)
• RCCF 06/08 - An information Note on Defra policy and research on water resources (PDF 30 KB)
• RCCF 06/09 - Market based Mechanisms for GHG Reductions in the Agriculture, Forestry and Land Management sector (PDF 100 KB)
• RCCF 06/11 - National Trust : Soil, Water and Climate Change (PDF 10 KB)
• RCCF 06/12 - Climate Change Programme 2006: implementation plan (PDF 140 KB)
• RCCF 06/13 - Communications Workshop (PDF 20 KB)

Fourth meeting - 22 May 2006

• Agenda (PDF 15 KB)
• Minutes (PDF 45 KB)

Papers

• RCCF Climate Change Communications Strategy - Tomorrow’s Climate, Today’s Challenge for land managers (PDF 60 KB)
• Futerra report on climate change communications to land managers (PDF 190 KB)
• Climate change, forestry and agriculture implementation plan (PDF 50 KB)

Presentations

• Futerra presentation - communications to rural audiences (PDF 40 KB)
• Governments response to the Biomass Task Force (PDF 30 KB)
• Adaptation policy framework (PDF 200 KB)

Third meeting - 1 February 2006

• Agenda (PDF 15 KB)
• Minutes (PDF 40 KB)

Papers

• RCCF Future Workplan (PDF 30 KB)
• RCCF Communications Strategy (PDF 65 KB)

Page last modified: 30 July 2007
Page published: 25 July 2005

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