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(Return tabled) Question No. 151 Hon. Shawn Murphy: With respect to the Clean Air and Climate Change Trust Fund: (a) what was the amount each province and territory received from this trust fund in 2006-2007; (b) what conditions were attached to the transfer of funds to the provinces and territories; (c) what programs where funded by the Clean Air and Climate Change Trust Fund since January 1, 2006; and (d) what is the amount of emissions reduced from the programs funded by the Clean Air and Climate Change Fund by province and terr ...[+++]itory?

Such financial instruments at Union level include, inter alia, Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the European Regional Development Fund , amended to allow increased investments in energy efficiency in housing; the public-private partnership on a ‘European energy-efficient buildings’ initiative to promote green technologies and the development of energy-efficient systems and materials in new and renovated buildings; the EC-European Investment Bank (EIB) initiative ‘EU sustainable energy financing initiative’ which aims to enable, inter alia, investments for energy efficiency and ...[+++] the EIB-led ‘Marguerite Fund’: the 2020 European Fund for Energy, Climate Change and Infrastructure; Council Directive 2009/47/EC of 5 May 2009 amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards reduced rates of value added tax , structural and cohesion funds instrument Jeremie (Joint European Resources for micro to medium enterprises); the Energy Efficiency Finance Facility; the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme including the Intelligent Energy Europe II Programme focused specifically on removing market barriers related to energy efficiency and energy from renewable sources through for example the technical assistance facility ELENA (European Local Energy Assistance); the Covenant of Mayors; the Entrepreneurship and Innovation programme; the ICT Policy Support Programme 2010, and the Seventh Research Framework Programme.

The list is a long one: cuts totalling close to $900 million affecting the EnerGuide program for house renovations and the initiative for low income households; cuts of close to $600 million in the wind power production incentive program and the renewable energy production incentive program; cuts of $2 billion to the climate change programs; cuts of $1 billion for the climate change fund and the list keeps getting longer all the ...[+++] time.

to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including by contributing to the Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund and to the Adaptation Fund as made operational by the Poznan Conference on Climate Change (COP 14 and COP/MOP 4), to adapt to the impacts of climate change and to fund research and development as well as demonstration projects for reducing emissions and for adaptation to climate change, including participation in initiatives ...[+++] within the framework of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan and the European Technology Platforms.

RECALLING the commitment in the "Bonn Political Declaration" on climate change funding for developing countries, REAFFIRMS its determination to deliver USD 369 million annually by 2005 and REITERATES that the relevant Member States will report on their respective contributions in their national communications as of 2006; EMPHASISES the need to start within the context of the UN climate change process the consideration of the post 2012 framework promptly and in this regard REITERATES that mitigation of climate ...[+++]change is a cornerstone of present and future climate change policies and that, since climate change is now inevitable, adaptation to climate change is another key element of such policies; CONGRATULATES all Parties to the Convention on the progress made in 10 years implementation of the Convention; LOOKS FORWARD to engaging in panel discussions at the high level segment of the tenth session of the Conference of Parties in Buenos Aires in December 2004 to exchange views on accomplishments and future challenges".

(a)to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including by contributing to the Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund and to the Adaptation Fund as made operational by the Poznan Conference on Climate Change (COP 14 and COP/MOP 4), to adapt to the impacts of climate change and to fund research and development as well as demonstration projects for reducing emissions and for adaptation to climate change, including participation in ...[+++]initiatives within the framework of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan and the European Technology Platforms.