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Department for Energy and Climate Change
Climate change is the greatest and most pressing symptom of unsustainability. To achieve sustainable development it is crucial that we both tackle the causes of climate change and prepare for the consequences we can no longer avoid.
The gravity of the problem is such that a whole department was created in October 2008 to ensure we can met this challenge while developing a secure and safe energy supply. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) brings together energy policy (previously with BERR - the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) with climate change mitigation policy (previously with Defra - the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs).
In December 2009, Copenhagen will host a global summit of the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The goal of this summit will be to achieve international agreement to a new deal to tackle climate change. This deal will come into force from 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol ends. DECC will be leading UK preparations for this summit and the UK is committed to playing a leading role in these negotiations and beyond.
For more information please visit the DECC website. Defra has maintained the lead on domestic measures to adapt to climate change.
Updated: 1 June 2009