Memorandum 168
Supplementary evidence from the Met Office
following the oral evidence session on 10 November 2008
FOLLOW-UP
NOTE TO
IUSS COMMITTEE CASE
STUDY ON
GEOENGINEERING: FUNDING
OF MET
OFFICE CLIMATE
CHANGE RESEARCH
During its oral evidence session of 10 November
2008, the Committee asked how much funding for climate change
science is provided by the commercial sector.
Funding for the underpinning climate change
research, carried out by the Met Office Hadley Centre, comes from
programmes of work funded largely by Government customers. The
total current direct funding for the Hadley Centre in 2008-09
is £21.7 million, broken down as follows:
|
| Integrated climate programme-jointly funded by DEFRA and MoD
| £18.4 million |
| Defra Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (in final year of existing contract)
| £0.3 million |
| European Union Funding | £1.2 million
|
| Other (mainly UK and overseas Govt depts) |
£1.8 million |
|
The Met Office is a trading fund owned by the MoD and is
required to maximise the return to the taxpayer by drawing in
profitable revenue from sources not directly funded by the Exchequer.
Climate change may have significant impacts on businesses
and the Met Office offers a range of commercial services designed
to advise what these impacts are and how best our customers can
mitigate the risks and maximise the opportunities presented.
December 2008
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