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In June 2005, The CarbonNeutral Company in the UK joined with Stephen Byers MP and Colin Challen MP to launch the first All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group (APPCCG).

The APPCCG has attracted unprecedented interest.  Its members now include over 180 United Kingdom MPs from all three main political parties, along with almost 200 businesses, academic institutions and NGOs from across all major sectors.

Working closely with Colin Challen MP, Chair of the APPCCG, we helped to set up the group and now act as the secretariat.

The APPCCG’s aim is to deliver material and meaningful progress on climate change by creating an arena in which interested and relevant parties are able to discuss and formulate policy options and promote those that offer the greatest promise.  The APPCCG works closely with businesses and civil society to integrate scientific, business and government approaches to tackling climate change.

“The All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group is a forum for informal debate and discussion. The group’s meetings are held in Parliament although it is not a select or audit committee. It has no formal role in the legislative process and as such receives no support from the government and must meet its own administrative and running costs.
The CarbonNeutral Company agreed early on to provide administrative and office support, this is welcomed because it has enabled the group to function more efficiently.”
- Colin Challen MP, Chair, All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group

The APPCCG regularly holds events which are open to businesses to attend.

For further information on the APPCCG or to discuss a possible event, please contact:

Catherine Martin, Tel: +44 207 833 6035.

APPCCG Activities

3rd Inquiry: Climate Change Equity – is it a plan, an aspiration, or a fashion statement?

The APPCCG and the Bangladesh All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change and Environment convened this inquiry into the concept of equity in climate change negotiations.  The report was presented at the UNFCCC COP15 conference in December 2009.

Developed and developing countries are deeply concerned about how to share the burden of tackling climate change, and this issue is one of the greatest barriers to the success in the UNFCCC negotiations.  Bangladesh will be one of the first countries to suffer badly
from the impacts of climate change; the UK is one of the countries which has contributed to the problem.  If Parliamentarians from the two countries can bridge these differences, it could generate a model for the developed and developing worlds.

Read a full briefing on the inquiry.