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	registered interest
	date	20/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, given recent weather events, what progress has been made in helping the UK to adapt to climate change.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government published its Third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) (see attached) in July 2023. This marked a step-change in the Government’s approach to climate adaptation, putting in place an ambitious programme of decisive action for the next 5 years to address each of the 61 climate risks and opportunities in its Third Climate Change Risk Assessment.</p><p> </p><p>NAP3 builds on our work already underway to provide an improved and more resilient infrastructure, greener economy, and sustainable food production.  For example, we are responding to environmental threats to domestic food production through our Environmental Land Management farming schemes, protecting hundreds of thousands of homes with a record-breaking £5.2 billion investment in flood and coastal schemes, and safeguarding future water supplies by working with regulators to accelerate £2.2 billion of investment through our ambitious Plan for Water.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to monitor its progress on adapting to climate change both internally through a new, senior officials Climate Resilience Board, and externally by the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC’s) reports to Parliament. The Government published its response to the CCC’s latest report in October 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 29/11/2023 16:51:22 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon attachment 1 file name Third_National_Adaptation_Programme.pdf title Third National Adaptation Programme (07/23)
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1353646

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2021
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to ensure that sufficient progress is made on strengthening climate adaptation and resilience ahead of COP26.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL2512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2021 answer text <p>Driving progress to support vulnerable communities and ecosystems, adapt to climate impacts and build resilience to long term risks is a top priority for the UK’s COP26 Presidency. We are working with countries, civil society, businesses and local communities to deliver effective, inclusive adaptation action and to harness the vital power of nature in minimising climate risk.</p><p>We are focussed on improving preparedness for climate-related disasters, through a focus on enhanced early warning and early action systems; and supporting national adaptation planning - including a push for countries to publish an Adaptation Communication ahead of COP26 to outline current progress and needs. We are working to mobilise and advance adaptation action across all scales, through parties and non-state actors - including increased support to enable further locally-led adaptation. We are also working to increase the availability, efficiency and accessibility of adaptation and disaster risk finance from public and private sources - including through the Taskforce on Access to finance that was launched by the UK and Fiji at the Climate and Development Ministerial earlier this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 04/10/2021 13:21:13 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1353647

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2021
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to mobilise public and private climate finance ahead of COP26.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL2513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2021 answer text <p>The UK Presidency is pushing developed countries to significantly increase their financial commitments for mitigation, adaptation and nature for developing countries and to align global financial flows with the Paris Agreement. This includes setting out a $100 billion delivery plan to be taken forward by Canada and Germany to demonstrate how developed countries are mobilising $100 billion a year.</p><p>Public finance will work in tandem with private finance and be used to mobilise far greater sums of private finance. The UK Presidency is working with other donors and multilateral development banks in collaboration with governments, to promote and support a range of targeted initiatives that tackle barriers to and promote investment into developing countries; such as supporting new market structures, improving policy environments, de-risking investments and creating incentives for deal flow. In April 2021 we founded GFANZ, the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero which accelerates the implementation of net zero commitments and mobilises capital to climate solutions. There are currently over 250 member firms from over 30 countries, representing assets of more than US$88 trillion.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 01/10/2021 09:32:45 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1353643

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2021
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of progress towards the globally agreed aim of limiting global heating to below 2°C; and pursuing efforts to limit heating to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL2509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>While we welcome progress made and new Nationally Determined Contributions and commitments made at the Climate Ambition Summit and since by many parties, we agree with assessments by the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Energy Agency, and the Climate Action Tracker that there remains a significant gap to achieving below 2°C and to 1.5°C.</p><p> </p><p>The temperature goal of the Paris Agreement is just within reach, but to achieve it, further ambition is needed and must be acted on today. That is why we are asking all countries to come forward ahead of COP26 with enhanced and ambitious commitments to reduce emissions and scale up adaptation.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is driving up global climate ambition and fostering a global, green, inclusive and resilient recovery from COVID-19 through our leadership in multilateral forum, our COP26 and G7 Presidencies, our international climate finance commitments and our International Energy Unit.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 21/09/2021 15:38:47 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1195273

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their investment in economic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic will support the UK’s climate objectives.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL4276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2020 answer text <p>The UK has shown that growing our economy and cutting emissions can be achieved at the same time. We have grown our economy by 75% while cutting emissions by 43% over the past three decades. The UK has over 460,000 jobs in low carbon businesses and their supply chains and many of the actions we need to take to reach our target of net zero emissions by 2050 will support the future growth of our economy.</p><p> </p><p>As we recover from COVID-19, the Government intends to deliver a UK economy which is stronger, cleaner, more sustainable and more resilient.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 27/05/2020 13:50:58 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick