The UK Global Environmental Change Committee (GECC) is an Inter-Agency Committee which provides a forum to coordinate UK involvement in the science and technology of climate change and other global environmental change, both nationally and internationally. It reviews the effectiveness of the national capacity, capability and performance in these areas and makes recommendations, including identification of lead agencies.

The GECC works to ensure that UK Government policy is sufficiently informed by the work undertaken by the science base. It also seeks to ensure that its requirements are effectively communicated to those advancing the science and providing supporting observation and monitoring activities. As part of this, the GECC supports effective UK participation in international science and technology programmes.

The GECC reports to the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser through the Chief Scientific Adviser's Committee (CSAC).

The Chair is Professor Robert Watson, Defra Chief Scientific Adviser.

The membership of the main GECC committee is available here

The current schedule for GECC and GECC Subgroup meetings is available here