Recent responses to the UK Government and other bodies

The Academy provides expert advice on a wide range of engineering issues in response to requests from the UK government and other bodies. These are a selection of recent submissions

Unless otherwise stated all documents below are in Adobe PDF document format.

• Consultation on the term ‘carbon neutral’: its definition and recommendations for good practice:
  Response from The Royal Academy of Engineering to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (May 2009)
  Consultation on the term ‘carbon neutral’: its definition and recommendations for good practice (61KB)

• Eco Towns draft Planning Policy Statement:
  Response from the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of Engineering and Technology and Royal Academy of Engineering to the Department for Communities and Local Government
  Eco Towns draft Planning Policy Statement (95KB)

• Severn Tidal Power Phase One Consultation:
  Response from The Royal Academy of Engineering to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, South West RDA and the Welsh Assembly Government (April 2009)
  Severn Tidal Power Phase One Consultation (99KB)

• Nanotechnologies and Food:
  Response from the Royal Academy of Engineering to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee (March 2009)
  Nanotechnologies and Food (100KB)

• Digital Britain:
  Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (March 2009)
  Digital Britain (93KB)

• Securing food supplies up to 2050:the challenges for the UK:
  Response to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee (January 2009)
  Securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK (115KB)

Updated July 2012

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