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1091220

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	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 steps her Department is taking to mitigate the effects of climate change on the ability of developing countries to provide adequate nutrition for their populations.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	234200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>DFID is mitigating the impact of climate change on nutrition both by enabling countries to adapt to the changing climate and to prepare systems to better manage the effects of climate shocks. For example, DFID is investing in strengthening nutrition services in countries like Kenya, and across the Sahel, so they are better able to scale-up to deal with increases in malnutrition that can arise due to climate-related shocks.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/03/2019 14:33:33 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1332028

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2021
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the President of COP26, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of appointing a loss and damage champion to help identify the potential suffering caused by climate change.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	13977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>In November 2020, the Rt. Hon. Anne Marie Trevelyan was appointed by the Prime Minister as the UK's International Champion on Adaptation and Resilience for the COP26 Presidency. In this role she is actively promoting work on adaptation and building resilience, which includes activities to avert, minimise and address loss and damage.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/06/2021 12:56:48 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

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

1147671

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	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	Whether he plans to provide additional financial support to low-income countries that incur loss and damage caused by climate-related events.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	912506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>In 2018, the UK provided £1.2 billion of humanitarian aid. This is additional to the international climate finance we provide. With Egypt, we led calls for greater action to build resilience at the UN Climate Summit, where we announced a further £175 million to help protect up to a billion people from the impact of disasters.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 02/10/2019 14:34:28 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1331068

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2021
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to raise international ambition to address the climate vulnerability of small island developing states ahead of COP26.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	900925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2021 answer text <p>We are committed to working in partnership with Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to keep 1.5 alive and deliver the Paris Agreement goals.</p><p>To better support those already experiencing climate impacts, the UK has committed to doubling our climate finance. We are calling on others to follow our lead.</p><p>We are amplifying the voices of SIDS and continue to drive action on their priorities - including through our hosting of the Climate &amp; Development Ministerial, co-chairing of the NDC Partnership, and leadership of the Adaptation Action Coalition.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 09/06/2021 13:57:41 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1541585

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	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 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to take steps to compel UK based oil and gas companies to make payments to developing countries to compensate them for the impact of climate change.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	85028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has no formal jurisdiction over UK based oil and gas companies, which is held by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The UK recognises that more needs to be done to help countries avert, minimise and address the loss and damage they are facing. On 7 November the UK announced £5 million in funding to support the set up and development of the Santiago Network for Loss and Damage, a platform for providing technical assistance for action on loss and damage for developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 17/11/2022 16:02:58 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1549314

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	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 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made on establishing the funding facility to help tackle climate-induced loss and damage agreed at COP27.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	105356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>All parties at COP27, including the UK, agreed to establish new funding arrangements for assisting developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, as well as a fund for responding to loss and damage (L&amp;D). Parties also agreed to establish a Transitional Committee to operationalise the funding arrangements and the fund.</p><p>The UK is currently engaging with the UNFCCC and parties to establish the Transitional Committee for the L&amp;D fund and will continue to constructively engage with it to help ensure the fund and wider funding arrangements for L&amp;D deliver effectively for countries most vulnerable to climate change.</p><p>At COP27 the UK also announced £5 million of funding for the Santiago Network for L&amp;D, which will bring together and enhance the technical assistance available to developing countries suffering from the worst impacts of climate change, as part of a £13m package of support on adaptation and losses and damages.</p><p>The UK continues to prioritise adaptation and spent £2.4 billion of International Climate Finance (ICF) over 2016-2020 on climate adaptation, including investments in areas relevant to addressing losses and damages.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 19/12/2022 16:37:14 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1579551

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	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 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help support developing countries (a) affected by and (b) tackle climate change.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	129860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>As COP President, the UK worked with all Parties towards delivering on the Glasgow Climate Pact and raising the highest possible ambition to keep 1.5 in reach. Our Presidency year drove action and ambition with our global partners with over 90% of world GDP now covered by net zero commitments. In addition, the UK's International Climate Finance (ICF) supports developing countries to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change. The UK is delivering on our commitment to double ICF to £11.6 billion between 2021/22 and 2025/26, seeking balance between adaptation and mitigation funding. ICF Results Publication 2022 [DRAFT] - Official Sensitive (publishing.service.gov.uk); helping over 95 million people cope with the effects of climate change, providing 58 million people with improved access to clean energy and reducing or avoiding 68 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 31/01/2023 15:39:27 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1580297

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	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 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made on the establishment of a funding facility to address climate-induced Loss and Damage as agreed at COP27.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	131205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>At COP27, the UK and all parties agreed to establish new funding arrangements to assist developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change and also decided to establish a fund for responding to loss and damage. It was agreed to establish a Transitional Committee under the UNFCCC to operationalise the new arrangements and fund, including to develop recommendations for COP28.</p><p>Since the decision, the UK has actively engaged with the establishment of the Transitional Committee, including by bidding for membership of the Committee. We are committed to making a positive contribution to the aims and objectives of the Committee.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 01/02/2023 16:38:35 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1639347

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	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 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to (a) scale up the £11.6 billion of climate finance pledged over five years to developing countries and (b) include funding modalities that are accessible to local civil society actors.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	186103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK is delivering on our commitment to spend £11.6 billion International Climate Finance (ICF) between financial year 2021/2022 and financial year 2025/2026, including £3 billion on development solutions that protect and restore nature. We are fully committed to ensuring that finance flows to the local level and are working on systems to increase local actors' role in development decision making. In addition, we have committed £100 million to delivering the aims and objectives of the Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance which includes bringing together bilateral and multilateral providers, climate funds and recipient countries to ensure that climate finance reaches where it's most urgently needed and supports the most vulnerable populations.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 31/05/2023 15:23:45 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma