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Environmental Audit Committee

The Environmental Audit Committee considers the extent to which the policies and programmes of government departments and non-departmental public bodies contribute to environmental protection and sustainable development, and it audits their performance against any sustainable development and environmental protection targets. Unlike most select committees, the Committee’s remit cuts across government rather than focuses on the work of a particular department.

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Date Business
21 February 2012
2:15 pm
Subject: Protecting the Arctic
Witness(es): Professor Tim Lenton, University of Exeter, Professor Peter Wadhams, University of Cambridge, and John Nissen, Chair, Arctic Methane Emergency Working Group
Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
29 February 2012
2:15 pm
Subject: Protecting the Arctic
Witness(es): WWF; and Client Earth
Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

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