Committees

The UK and the Antarctic Environment

Inquiry

The Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research is launching a new inquiry into The UK and the Antarctic Environment. In this inquiry the Sub-Committee will explore the effects of climate change in Antarctica, and the role that UK science can play in understanding and protecting the region. It will also review how well the UK Government is meeting its obligations under the Antarctic Treaty, and consider the roles of the British Antarctic Survey (including RSS Sir David Attenborough), the Royal Navy (through its use of HMS Protector), and the Antarctic Heritage Trust.

Read the call for evidence for more information about this inquiry.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Friday 15 September 2023.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Correspondence

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Letter from the Minister of State at the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, providing written responses to questions relating to The UK and the Antarctic environment inquiry, dated 24 May 2024
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Letter from the Chair of the Sub-Committee on Polar Research to the Minister for Science (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology), requesting written responses to questions relating to The UK and the Antarctic environment inquiry, dated 16 May 2024
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Oral evidence transcripts

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8 May 2024
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Witnesses Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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18 March 2024
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Witnesses British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
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18 March 2024
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Witnesses Dr Joanne Johnson (Geochemist at British Antarctic Survey), Dr Ines Otosaka (Co-Director of Science at Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM), and Lecturer at Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University), Professor Michael Bentley (Professor at Department of Geography, Durham University), and Professor Ian Willis (Professor of Glaciology at Scott Polar Research Institute, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge)
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Professor Michael Bentley (Professor at Department of Geography, Durham University), Dr Joanne Johnson (Geochemist at British Antarctic Survey), Dr Inès Otosaka (Co-Director of Science at Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM), and Lecturer at Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University), and Professor Ian Willis (Professor of Glaciology at Scott Polar Research Institute, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge) (ANT0027)
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Dr Jasmine Lee (1851 Research Fellow, Biodiversity, Evolution and Adaptation Team at British Antarctic Survey), Dr Tom Hart (Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University), and Dr Kevin Hughes (Environmental Research and Monitoring Manager at British Antarctic Survey) (ANT0028)
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New Zealand High Commission (ANT0029)
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