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1989 Apr 2 - 1989 Apr 28
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PREM19/2655
Environmental Affairs (Environmental policy: environmental pollution: climate change; Prime Minister's seminar on the global climate, April 1989) (Part 9)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 511
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88 Oct 11 Tue Environment: Dr Fisk speech to Royal Institute International Affairs (climate warming) [climate warming, greenhouse effect, measuring climate change] [this copy released Dec 2016]
89 Apr 5 Wed Environment: Tony Newton minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Mrs Ruddock's Control of Pollution (Amendment) Bill") [concern about overly-draconian enforcement provisions] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 6 Thu Environment: David Young minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Strengthening the Montreal Protocol on Production and Consumption of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)") [industrial and trade implications] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 7 Fri Environment: Crispin Tickell minute to Dominic Morris ("Global Climate Change: Seminar at Downing Street") [outlines of talk] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 7 Fri Environment: Ridley PS minute to Charles Powell (follow up to environment conference) [attendance, UK climate initiatives] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 7 Fri Environment: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell (follow up to environment conference) [Lubbers' hopes for UK attendance] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 7 Fri Environment: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Environmental Cooperation") [participating in meeting will look like a climb down] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 7 Fri Environment: Dominic Morris minute to Ridley PS ("Global Climate Seminar") [agenda for attendees] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 7 Fri Environment: Dominic Morris minute to MT (Economist report) [equates action with more money from government] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 10 Mon Environment: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Environmental Cooperation") [MT strongly disagrees with advice given on reply to Lubbers; we remain opposed to a new international authority; requests revised draft] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 10 Mon Environment: John Major minute to Cecil Parkinson ("Climatic Change: Energy Efficiency in the Public Sector") [new arrangements for charging energy use] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 10 Mon Environment: Cristopher Chope minute to MT (clay pigeon shooting) [arrangements for use of land] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 11 Tue Environment: Dominic Morris minute to MT ("Global Climate Seminar: 26 April") [anotated agenda and programme] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 11 Tue Environment: Ridley PS minute to Dominic Morris ("Global Climate Seminar") [note on main points for each session] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 11 Tue Environment: Douglas McClelland minute to Charles Powell (Australian climate research) [approval of programme on greenhouse effect] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 11 Tue Environment: MT message to Gro Harlem Brundtland (ozone layer) [need to keep up momentum towards abandoning ozone depleting chemicals] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 12 Wed Environment: Nicholas Ridley minute to David Young ("Montreal Protocol") [objective to ensure UK's world leadership is visibly maintained] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 12 Wed Environment: Dominic Morris minute to Ridley PS ("Global Climate Seminar: 26 April") [briefing materials needed] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 12 Wed Environment: Paul Channon note for MT ("Options for Reducing Greenhouse Gases from Vehicles") [technical improvements, vehicle usage] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 12 Wed Environment: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Carbon Dioxide and Climatic Change") [energy policies have led to heavy dependence on fossil fuels] [declassified Dec 2016]