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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-04-04more like thismore than 2019-04-04
answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept id 201 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
hansard heading Climate Change remove filter
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the risks and benefits of solar radiation management technology; and what plans they have, if any, to increase funding of research into that technology. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Mendelsohn more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-04-17more like thismore than 2019-04-17
answer text <p>The Government is continually monitoring the evidence base relating to Solar Radiation Management technologies (SRM). As set out in our public position statement on geo-engineering, our view is that SRM would produce changes in rainfall patterns and amounts. This would be likely to lead to winners and losers, with some regions suffering detrimental impacts.</p><p>The Government is not commissioning further research into SRM, but the World Climate Research Programme’s (WCRP’s) Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP), is investigating the effects which SRM would have on the climate.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Henley more like this
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label Biography information for Lord Henley more like this
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label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn more like this