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The Changing Arctic inquiry

Closed Opened 15 Feb 2018 Closed 16 Mar 2019

Environmental Audit Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗

Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
The Environmental Audit Committee launched an inquiry into the rapid changes in the Arctic. The Arctic is undergoing profound changes as a result of climate change. It is warming almost twice as fast as the global average. Recent research also suggests microplastic and plastic pollution is an increasing problem.

Where it stands

The inquiry is closed, opened 15 February 2018.

The committee has published 1 report, most recently 12th Report - The Changing Arctic on 29 November 2018.

The government's response

No government response is linked to this report.

Reports

All reports

Evidence

  • 3 oral evidence sessionsLatest 19 July 2018
All evidence

Recent activity

Reports

1 report

Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions

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Date Session and witnesses Source
19 Jul 2018
Oral evidence session
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11 Jul 2018
Oral evidence session
No witnesses recorded 		View ↗
3 Jul 2018
Oral evidence session
No witnesses recorded 		View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters

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PublishedDirectionLetter
16 Mar 2019 To committee Letter from the Chair to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the Government response to the Committee's Report on the Changing Arctic, 15 March 2019
6 Sep 2018 To committee Letter from the Chair to Greg Clark on the changing Arctic, 6 September 2018