The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Mrs Caroline Spelman)

The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and I will represent the UK at the Environment Council in Brussels on 9 March.

Ministers are expected to adopt non-legislative Council conclusions on: a road map for moving to a competitive low-carbon economy in 2050; the follow-up to the 17th session of the conference of the parties to the United Nations framework convention on climate change and the 7th session of the meeting of the parties to the Kyoto protocol (Durban, 28 November to 9 December 2011); and Rio+20: Pathways to a sustainable future.

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