Series
Department of Trade and Industry: Environment Directorate: Registered Files (JQ Series)
Catalogue reference: NK 80
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NK 80
This series contains records regarding environmental policy work and the implementation of the EU climate change directive, including the UK's response to the Green Paper on renewable energy sources and its implementation. The series contains...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- NK 80
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Trade and Industry: Environment Directorate: Registered Files (JQ Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1996-2000
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records regarding environmental policy work and the implementation of the EU climate change directive, including the UK's response to the Green Paper on renewable energy sources and its implementation. The series contains original minutes for several working groups including the Department's EU Energy Group and the Renewable Energy Policy Review Interdepartmental Liaison Group.
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- JQ
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Records not yet transferred
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Department of Trade and Industry (1983-2007); Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (2007-2008); Department of Energy and Climate Change (2008-2016); Department for Business, Enterprise and Industrial Strategy (2016-2023); Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (2023 onwards)
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Environment Directorate (ENV) was responsible for co-ordinating the Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI) work on the environment with the aim of achieving the objectives set in the environmental area. As the Environment and Energy Technologies Directorate (EET) between 1995 and 1996, it also held responsibility for non-nuclear energy technology policy and R&D in the areas of renewable energy; electricity supply system and coal; and sponsoring the fast growing environmental, recycling, waste management and renewable energy industries. In 1996, the Environment and Energy teams were separated back out. ENV, as it was again known, retained many of its prior responsibilities, with additional importance given to encouraging industry to follow sound environmental practice and policy and integrating sustainable development (including environmental concern) into policy formation across DTI. Between 1999 and 2000 the focus shifted further towards sustainability, and the inclusion of the Environment Directorate in the newly formed Business Competitiveness Group led to further emphasis on the development of sustainable technologies and products and encouraging business to take a positive and proactive approach.
The Global Warming Policy team (ENV9) was responsible for the development and co-ordination of DTI input to UK policy for dealing with the threat of global warming, including measures to control greenhouse gas emissions; environmental aspects of energy and transport; and emissions trading.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C21198101/
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Department of Trade and Industry: Environment Directorate: Registered Files (JQ Series)