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.' Register of All-Party Groups as of 29 September 2015,www.parliament.uk, accessed 6 October 2015 
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. Carbon Neutral APPCCG,carbonneutral.com, accessed 6 October 2015 
==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. Policy Connect re-launches APPCCG,www.parliament.uk,23 July 2015, accessed 6 October 2015 
===Secretariat===
The secretariat of the APPGCCG was based at The Carbon Neutral Company from 2005-2015. 
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, such as the All-Party Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group or the All-Party Carbon Monoxide Group.
===Activities===
The APPGCCG focuses on the practical application of strategies that aim to tackle climate change, and on institutional mechanisms and policies that will help us combat and cope with the process of climate change. 
Discussions and seminars held in Parliament give associate members the chance to interact directly with policy makers, as well as connecting with other associate members. Carbon Neutral Company APPCCG,carbonneutral.com, accessed 6 October 2015 
==Members==
===Officers, September 2015-April 2016===
*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 Selbourne - Conservative Party - officer Climate change APPG, www.parliament.uk, accessed 22 April 2016 Register as at 29 September 2015,www.parliament.uk, accessed 6 October 2015 Climate Change APPG, Register 28 April 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 10 May 2016 
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.' Policy Connect re-launch APPGCCGPolicy Connect, 23 July 2015, accessed 6 October 2015 
===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 Register as of 30 March 2015Parliament website, accessed 6 October 2015 
===Associate Members as at February 2016===
Aggregate Industries | Anglian Water | Boots | Ecotricity | Energy Technologies Institute | Ernst & Young | Forestry Commission (Scotland) | Grant Thornton | ISS Facilities | Johnson Matthey Plc | Jones Lang LaSalle | Muntons Plc | National Environment Research Council (NERC) | Pinsent Masons | Professional Publishers Association (PPA) | RWE npower | Shell International Ltd | Taylor Wimpey | URS Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited (now AECOM) | Utilitywise Plc. | Waterman Sustainable Energy | Whitbread | Willmott Dixon | Bosch Thermotechnology Ltd | ACM Environmental Plc. | Brook Lyndhurst | Carbon Capture and Storage Association | CarbonCredentials | Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers | Cullinan Studio (previously Edward Cullinan Architects) | Earth Capital Partners | Ecology Building Society | Hoare LEA | HW Fisher & Company | IT Power Ltd | Kreab Gavin Henderson | Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership | Maplecroft | Met Office | National Physical Laboratory | Responding to Climate Change | Sussex Energy Group (Centre on Innovation and Energy Demand) | The Crown Estate | Trucost | Aldersgate Group | British Council | British Trust for Ornithology | Cabot Institute | Carbon Disclosure Project | Centre for Alternative Technology | Chartered Institute of Water & Enviromental Management (CIWEM) | Christian Aid | EnviroMarket | Environmental Investigation Agency | Foundation for Endangered Species | Friends of the Earth | Global Action Plan | Global Witness | Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College | Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, LSE | Institute of Physics | Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) | Polden-Puckman Charitable Trust | Policy Studies Institute | Practical Action | RSPB | Sandbag Climate Campaign | ShareAction | SustainAbility | The Diocese of London | The Gaia Foundation | The University of Nottingham | The Usable Buildings Trust | UK Environmental Law Association | UK Green Business Council | Woodland Trust | World Land Trust | WRAP | Young People's Trust for the Environment (YPTE) | Geoff Beacon | Frances Butler | Sarah Cary | Colin Manson | Mark Partington | Greg Peachy | Adrian Penfold | John Prewer | Marcelo Sarbanes | Nick Breeze Policy Connect APPCCG membership, policyconnect.org, accessed 15 February 2016
===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 | Johnson Matthey Plc | Jones Lang LaSalle | Muntons Plc | National Environment Research Council (NERC) | Pinsent Masons | Professional Publishers Association (PPA) | Rolls-Royce Plc | RWE nPower | Shell International Ltd | Taylor Wimpey | URS Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited (now AECOM) | Utilitywise Plc. | Waterman Sustainable Energy | Whitbread | Willmott Dixon | Bosch Thermotechnology Ltd | 2Co Yorkshire Power | ACM Environmental Plc | Baringa Partners | British Airways Plc | Brook Lyndhurst | Carbon Capture and Storage Association | Carbon Credentials | Carnstone Partners | Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers | Cullinan Studio | Earth Capital Partners | Ecofys | Ecology Building Society | Ecometrica | Hoare LEA | HW Fisher & Company | IT Power Ltd | Kreab Gavin Henderson | Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership | Maplecroft | Met Office | National Physical Laboratory | Responding to Climate Change | Sussex Energy Group (Centre on Innovation and Energy Demand | The Crown Estate | Trucost | Aldersgate Group | British Council | British Geological Survey | British Trust for Ornithology | Cabot Institute | Carbon Disclosure Project | Centre for Alternative Technology | Chartered Institute of Water & Environmental Management (CIWEM | Christian Aid | EnviroMarket | Environmental Investigation Agency | Foundation for endangered Species | Friends of the Earth | Global Action Plan | Global Witness | Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College London | Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, LSE | Institute of Physics | Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) | Polden-Puckman Charitable Trust | Policy Studies Institute | Practical Action | RSPB | Sandbag Climate Campaign | ShareAction | SustainAbility | The Diocese of London | The Gaia Foundation | The University of Nottingham | The Usable Buildings Trust | UK Environmental Law Association | UK Green Business Council | University of Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation | Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust | Woodland Trust | World Land Trust | WRAP | Young People's Trust for the Environment (YPTE) | Geoff Beacon | Frances Butler | Sarah Carey | Colin Manson | Mark Partington | Greg Peachy | Adrian Penfold | John Prewer | Marcelo Sarbanes | Nick Breeze Policy Connect MembershipPolicy Connect, accessed 6 October 2015 
==Contact==
The public enquiry point for the group is Laura Owen of Policy Connect. 
Address: CAN Mezzanine, 32-36 Loman Street, Southwark, London SE1 0EH 
Tel: 020 7202 8570 
Email: laura.owen@policyconnect.org.uk
==Notes==
Category:All-Party Parliamentary GroupCategory:Climate