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1488362

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to mitigate against climate change.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	34962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to achieving its net zero emissions targets under the Climate Change Act. The Net Zero Strategy sets out the Government’s plans to meet these targets, including on empowering the public and business to make green choices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Budget and Spending Review 2021 confirmed that since March 2021 the Government has committed a total of £30bn of domestic investment for the green industrial revolution.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside investment in green infrastructure set out in Spending Review 2021, the Government has also established the UK Infrastructure Bank with £22 billion of financial capacity to invest in infrastructure to help tackle climate change and to support regional and local economic growth across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of the UK’s Third Climate Change Risk Assessment earlier this year, the Government is now developing the third National Adaptation Programme, to be laid in Parliament in 2023, which will address the risks facing the UK from climate change. This work is led by the Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs in consultation with relevant departments, including HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak grouped question UIN 34964 34965 34967 question first answered 15/07/2022 11:21:59 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1488366

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take fiscal steps to support behaviour that mitigates against climate change.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	34965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to achieving its net zero emissions targets under the Climate Change Act. The Net Zero Strategy sets out the Government’s plans to meet these targets, including on empowering the public and business to make green choices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Budget and Spending Review 2021 confirmed that since March 2021 the Government has committed a total of £30bn of domestic investment for the green industrial revolution.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside investment in green infrastructure set out in Spending Review 2021, the Government has also established the UK Infrastructure Bank with £22 billion of financial capacity to invest in infrastructure to help tackle climate change and to support regional and local economic growth across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of the UK’s Third Climate Change Risk Assessment earlier this year, the Government is now developing the third National Adaptation Programme, to be laid in Parliament in 2023, which will address the risks facing the UK from climate change. This work is led by the Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs in consultation with relevant departments, including HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak grouped question UIN 34962 34964 34967 question first answered 15/07/2022 11:21:59 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1226661

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to tackle climate change.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Rob Roberts
	uin	905076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The UK has demonstrated that clean, green growth is absolutely possible.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1990 and 2018 we grew our economy by 75 per cent, whilst cutting emissions by 43%.</p><p> </p><p>In his Summer Statement, my Rt hon Friend, Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer set out £3 billion pounds to improve the energy efficiency of homes and public buildings which will also support around 140,000 green jobs.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/07/2020 12:14:33 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts

1285163

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2021
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the President of COP26, what recent assessment he has made of progress towards (a) limiting global heating to well below 2°C and (b) limiting heating to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	151841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>We have seen significant momentum on climate ambition in recent months, with the likes of China, Japan and South Korea committing to net zero emissions and over 40 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) being submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to date.</p><p>However, it is clear that more needs to be done to close the gap to the Paris Agreement temperature goals. As the incoming COP President, I will continue to press all parties to increase their climate commitments to the highest level of ambition possible.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 24/02/2021 15:33:02 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1304264

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2021
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the President of COP26, what steps he is taking to ensure that the formulation of his policy is evidence based.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	172105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2021 answer text <p>All climate-related work for COP26 is informed by the best available science, encapsulated in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports. The IPCC reports are the primary tool for providing the best available science to the UNFCCC. The first part of the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report is due to be released this year, and its findings will inform the negotiations and the wider COP26 conference.</p><p>We are also working with leading experts including a global group of Friends of COP, who are sharing their expertise in support of a successful summit.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/04/2021 10:25:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1343919

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2021
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the President of COP26, on how many occasions the Climate National Strategy Implementation Group has met since June 2020; what (a) business was considered and (b) decisions were taken at each such meeting; what matters have been referred to the Committee for implementation by (a) the Climate Action Implementation Committee of the Cabinet (b) other Cabinet committees and (c) other bodies; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ludlow
	tabling member printed	Philip Dunne
	uin	27087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its Committees, and how often they have met, is not normally shared publicly.</p><p>Through the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan and our Energy White Paper, we have set out concrete steps we will take to build back greener from the pandemic and reach net zero emissions by 2050. Ahead of COP26, we will set out ambitious plans across key sectors of the economy, including a comprehensive Net Zero Strategy, setting out the Government’s vision for transitioning to a net zero economy. This will raise ambition as we outline our path to meet net zero by 2050, our Carbon Budgets and Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 27086 question first answered 12/07/2021 09:15:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1346599

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2021
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What plans he has to identify potential sources of finance to tackle climate-related loss and damage ahead of COP26.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	902702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>I am taking a pragmatic approach to ensure that we increase overall finance moving to climate action, from both the public and private sector. Obviously, the 100 billion dollars a year promised by developed countries to support developing nations must be delivered and we also need to scale up finance for adaptation.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/07/2021 14:44:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1357265

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2021
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the President of COP26, what steps he is taking to consult widely with parties to the UNFCCC on the decisions needed at COP26 to operationalise the Santiago Network for Loss and Damage; what provision he has made in the COP26 agenda to discuss and agree loss and damage matters, including getting the COP decisions needed to operationalise the Santiago Network; and what assessment he has made of whether the Santiago Network will be fully operational by the end of COP26.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	52459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2021 answer text <p>As COP26 incoming Presidency, the UK has convened six consultations (workshops and a Heads of Delegation meeting) which have devoted substantial time to the issue of developing the Santiago Network, in addition to a dedicated session at the July Ministerial which I convened in London. The agenda for COP/CMA will be decided on by the Parties. My officials are also discussing the agenda with Parties over the next few weeks. Whether the Santiago Network will be operational by the end of this year depends on the view that Parties take at the conference on the process they wish to follow, but the UK will use our convening power to maintain momentum and encourage a fair, inclusive and impactful outcome.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/09/2021 16:04:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1357429

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2021
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the President of COP26, with reference to the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that gender inequality increases as a result of climate-related disasters, if he will meet women most disadvantaged by the effects of climate change.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	53348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>I have committed to meeting civil society organisations, and young people, in every country I visit. This, of course, means listening to the priorities of women and girls who are experiencing first hand the impacts of climate change and leading the response. The UK Presidency sees women’s rights organisations, amongst others, as essential partners in effectively tackling climate change and that is why we are working closely with such organisations to deliver Gender Day at COP26. Additionally, with Bella Lack and Elizabeth Wathuti, both youth climate activists, I lead regular meetings of a Civil Society and Youth Advisory Council, established in order to hear and act on the expertise, insights and experiences of those most affected by climate change.</p><p>Climate change is not gender neutral, and it has a disproportionate impact on women and girls, in particular those from the global south or indigenous communities. Addressing this will require the implementation of gender-responsive climate action and finance, as well as the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in all levels of decision making on climate. We know - in line with the UNFCCC Gender Action Plan and the Feminist Action for Climate Justice Action Coalition - that this will help us achieve our long term climate goals.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/10/2021 13:41:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1359654

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the President of COP26, whether he plans to use COP26 as an opportunity to make representations to developed countries on meeting the Climate Vulnerable Forum to discuss the effective (a) implementation and (b) financing of the Santiago Network on Loss and Damage recommendations and advice.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	56657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>I have clearly stated, including in my letter to all Parties ahead of the pre-COP meeting in Milan, that Agreement on the development of the Santiago Network on Loss and Damage is a priority for the UK COP Presidency. I have encouraged and will continue to encourage all countries to work together to find a resolution to this issue at COP26.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/10/2021 15:41:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison