Letter from the Sustainable Development
Commission
The Sustainable Development Commission (SDC)would
like to make a formal correction to the information provided by
Jonathon Porritt, our Chairman, in his oral evidence session on
13 July 2006.
During a discussion on personal carbon trading,
Jonathon noted that the Government's "Climate Change Programme
2006" document made no mention of this important issue, and
expressed the SDC's disappointment at this. He then went on to
comment that the Energy Review document, which had been published
the day before, also had no mention of personal carbon trading.
However, Jonathon had not yet been fully briefed on the full content
of the Energy Review, and so was unaware that it actually does
mention this issue, and commits the Government to a cross-departmental
study which will consider personal carbon trading alongside other
policy options.
The SDC would therefore like to take this opportunity
to welcome the Government's announcement, and the tentative steps
it has taken towards a full evaluation of personal carbon trading.
We hope to work closely with the Government on the project they
have set up. Furthermore, the SDC is encouraged by the more recent
expression of interest in personal carbon trading by the Secretary
of State, David Miliband MP.
The SDC is currently working on a climate change
position paper for the Commission, and I'm sure this will continue
to push forward on this issue.
Sara Eppel
Director of Policy, Sustainable Development Commission
7 August 2006
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