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1146957

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which least developed countries are currently in receipt of UK aid funding to be used specifically to address the effects of climate change.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
	uin	HL17931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to helping developing countries build their resilience to the impacts of climate change and support low carbon, sustainable growth. The UK has committed to provide £5.8 billion of International Climate Finance from the UK aid budget from 2016/17 to 2020/21, and at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in September 2019 announced a doubling to £11.6 billion from 2021/22 to 2025/26.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018 the UK provided International Climate Finance directly to the following Least Developed Countries through its bilateral programming in country:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>Rwanda</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>Somalia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Madagascar</p></td><td><p>South Sudan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>Sudan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mozambique</p></td><td><p>Tanzania</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Myanmar</p></td><td><p>Uganda</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal</p></td><td><p>Zambia</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In 2018 the UK also supported several multi-country and regional bilateral climate programmes and contributed core funding to the climate multilaterals the Green Climate Fund and the Global Environment Facility.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 08/10/2019 14:21:23 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

1146958

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which least developed countries (1) experiencing, and (2) likely to experience, rising (a) ocean levels, and (b) temperatures, are receiving, or due to receive, UK aid funding to be used specifically for the effects of climate change.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
	uin	HL17932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Reports state that global temperatures and sea levels are rising and are expected to continue doing so. Least Developed Countries are expected to be most vulnerable to the impacts of future global temperature increases, being least able to cope with the impacts.</p><p> </p><p>The UK remains committed to help developing countries build their resilience to the impacts of climate change and support low carbon, sustainable growth. The UK has committed to provide £5.8 billion of International Climate Finance from the UK aid budget from 2016/17 to 2020/21, and at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in September 2019 announced a doubling to £11.6 billion from 2021/22 to 2025/26.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018 the UK provided International Climate Finance directly to the following Least Developed Countries through its bilateral programming in country, and expects to spend across a similar geographical footprint in 2019:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>Rwanda</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>Somalia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Madagascar</p></td><td><p>South Sudan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>Sudan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mozambique</p></td><td><p>Tanzania</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Myanmar</p></td><td><p>Uganda</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal</p></td><td><p>Zambia</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Of the countries above, Bangladesh, Madagascar, Mozambique, Myanmar, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan and Tanzania are coastal and are likely to be adversely impacted by rising sea levels.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 08/10/2019 14:22:18 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

1144640

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on his Department's climate-focused work of planning for the UK to leave the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
	uin	286838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>DFID is fully supporting the Government’s preparations to ensure that the UK leaves the EU on 31 October. At the same time, as the Prime Minister made clear at the recent G7 Leaders meeting, the UK is strongly committed to tackling the two immense threats of climate change and biodiversity loss. Putting climate change and environment at the heart of our development programming is a high priority for DFID. While we have, since July 2019, deployed a small number of staff (fewer than 5) who were working on climate change to work on planning for our exit from the EU, overall the number of staff working on climate change is increasing.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith grouped question UIN 286840 question first answered 09/09/2019 15:34:54 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

1144642

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff of his Department who previously focused on climate change have moved to a role to plan for the UK leaving without a deal since July 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
	uin	286840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>DFID is fully supporting the Government’s preparations to ensure that the UK leaves the EU on 31 October. At the same time, as the Prime Minister made clear at the recent G7 Leaders meeting, the UK is strongly committed to tackling the two immense threats of climate change and biodiversity loss. Putting climate change and environment at the heart of our development programming is a high priority for DFID. While we have, since July 2019, deployed a small number of staff (fewer than 5) who were working on climate change to work on planning for our exit from the EU, overall the number of staff working on climate change is increasing.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith grouped question UIN 286838 question first answered 09/09/2019 15:34:55 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

1139884

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to investigate alternative sources of climate finance from (a) public and (b) private sources.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	278526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>Delivering the global transition to a low carbon economy will require unprecedented levels of investment from the public and private sectors. The Government is fulfilling our pledge to deliver £5.8 billion between 2015/2016 and 20/21. In addition to investing our own resources, the Government continues to press multilateral organisations to help countries tackle climate change through providing finance. The Multilateral Development Banks have an important role to play, and in the last year the World Bank has set new targets for the proportion of its finance which contributes to low carbon, resilient development. In 2018, 70% of World Bank projects include some climate benefits, up from 37% just two years ago.</p><p>Private finance is crucial, and the Government uses some of its climate finance to unlock investments from the private sector. To date, we estimate that the UK has leveraged £910 million of private investment. CDC and the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) have a key role in crowding in other investors and demonstrating that investment in low carbon, resilient development is possible. CDC has invested over $500 million in renewable power over the last 2 years, and PIDG $300 million.</p><p>The recently published UK Green Finance Strategy outlines how we will position the UK at the forefront of this global shift, catalysing the investment needed to transition to a net zero economy.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 05/08/2019 16:18:03 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law