All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change Group

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change Group was established in 2005 to 'raise awareness of the threat of climate change and to promote policies to counter that threat.'

The APPGCCG was launched when The Carbon Neutral Company joined with MP's Stephen Byers and Colin Challen to raise awareness about climate change and begin formulating effective policies for mitigation and adaptation.

It is one of the largest and most prominently active parliamentary groups, amassing 150 members of Parliament and 100 Associate members. Membership is open to any business, NGO, MP or government department interested in tackling climate change and leading the way to a low carbon future.

Background

The group aims to deliver material and substantive progress on climate change by fostering an environment in which committed and relevant actors can discuss and formulate policies, promoting those with the greatest promise. The group works alongside businesses and civil society to integrate scientific, business and governmental approaches to the issue of climate change.

The main goal of the group is to engage Government departments and Parliamentarians along with the private and public sectors to pursue the ever-present, country-wide issues of climate change.

Secretariat

The Secretariat of the APPGCCG was based at The Carbon Neutral Company from 2005-2010. The new secretariat, following the re-register of the group in the 2015 general election, is Policy Connect, a not-for-profit organization that helps to run other All-Party groups.

Members

Officers as at September 2015

• Caroline Lucas MP - Green Party - Chair & Registered Contact
• Huw Irranca-Davies MP - Labour - Vice Chair
• Lord Rupert Mitford Redesdale - Liberal Democrats - Vice Chair
• Lord Ernest Oxburgh - Crossbencher - Vice Chair
• Rebecca Pow - Conservative Party - Vice Chair
• Daniel Zeichner - Labour - Vice Chair
• Kerry McCarthy - Labour - Officer
• Earl John Palmer of Selborne - Conservative Party - Officer

On being appointed to Chairperson following the election, the Green Party's Caroline Lucas said:

'I am looking forward to promoting the importance of climate change in this Government across public and private sectors – we are all facing huge challenges in the wake of the ongoing climate predicament. With Policy Connect leading the APPCCG’s development we can really put climate change research at the heart of future policy. We can highlight to our Government the importance of the need to act urgently on climate change by engaging with a wide cross section of society through events and research.'

Officers as at March 2015

• Joan Walley - Labour - Chair & Registered Contact
• Lord Rupert Mitford Redesdale - Liberal Democrats - Vice Chair
• Tim Yeo - Conservative Party - Treasurer
• Caroline Lucas - Green Party - Secretary

Members as at March 2015

Dr Julian Huppert MP - Liberal Democrats | Martin Horwood MP - Liberal Democrats | Damian Hinds MP - Conservative Party | Sir Peter Bottomley - Conservative | Zac Goldsmith - Conservative Party | Anne Marie Morris - Conservative Party | Julian Brazier - Conservative Party | Simon Wright - Liberal Democrats | Meg Munn - Labour | Ann McKechin - Labour | Dame Anne McGuire - Labour | Jack Dromey - Labour | Kelvin Hopkins - Labour | Dr Alan Whitehead - Labour | Emily Thornberry - Labour | Sir Hugh Bailey - Labour

Associate Members as at September 2015

Aggregate Industries | Anglian Water | Boots | Cemex | City of London Corporation | Ecotricity | Energy Technologies Institute | Ernst & Young | Forestry Commission(Scotland) | Grant Thornton | ISS Facilities |