| A major contributor to
the global effort at promoting environmental
consciousness and conservation, the UK is
pursuing with alacrity research in various
areas of environmental science, as well
as implementation of the findings, especially
in the fields of climate change, sustainable
development and renewable energy.
On World Environment Day UK demonstrates
its continuing commitment to environment
issues, sustainable development and climate
change with India and highlights efforts
to work with India on environment, and other
related issues.
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Innovation is the name of the game: a straw-fired
power station and a commercial wave
energy device, LIMPET
(Land-Installed Marine-Powered Energy Transformer)
are a few of the innovative projects by
which the UK is rapidly building up a reputation
as a global leader in environmental issues.
Sustainable development is high up on the
UK’s list of environmental priorities,
with some clear-cut goals including reduction
of carbon dioxide emissions and maintenance
of reliable energy supplies. The UK government’s
latest strategy for sustainable development,
‘Securing The Future’, was launched
on 7 March 2005. The new strategy takes
into account environmental developments
that have occurred, both within the country
and globally, since the 1999 strategy and
administrative changes occasioned by modifications
in the government structure. Details of
the UK’s 2005 sustainable development
strategy are available at http://www.sustainable-development.gov.uk/publications/uk-strategy/index.htm
All of the UK government’s Departments
are responsible for the success of the strategy,
with Defra (Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs) in overall charge.
To find out more about the UK government’s
environmental wing visit http://www.defra.gov.uk/
The British Council’s online environment
resource, Environment
UK, provides a host of information on
government departments and charities involved
in environmental matters, environmental
agencies and bodies, both national and international,
and institutions engaged in environmental
research. To know which professional bodies
are involved in aspects such as biodiversity,
energy, climate change, wastes, waters,
etc, visit http://www.britishcouncil.org/environmentuk/profbysubject.htm
To get a picture of the national agencies
such as English Nature, Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew (RBG Kew), Millennium Seed Bank Project,
etc, visit http://www.britishcouncil.org/environmentuk/national.htm
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