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1343918

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 Action Implementation Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, with reference to his oral evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee on 11 March 2021, HC 222, Qq 80-82, on what dates the Climate Action Implementation Committee of the Cabinet has met since June 2020; what (a) business was considered and (b) decisions were taken at each such meeting; what decisions have been taken by correspondence since the Committee was established; what matters have been referred to the Committee for implementation by the Climate Action Strategy Committee; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Philip Dunne
uin	27086
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 27087 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

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

1342930

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	UN Climate Conference 2021: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what steps he has taken to incorporate the 17 Sustainable Development Goals into his outcome planning for COP26.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	25885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>The UK Presidency set out four goals for COP26, outlining what needs to be achieved at the summit. Through COP26, we aim to accelerate climate action by securing global net zero and keeping 1.5 degrees in reach; adapting to protect communities and natural habitats; and mobilising finance. We must also work together to deliver, through collaboration between governments, businesses and civil society.</p><p>These goals support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 13, related to climate action, and SDG 15, protecting forests and halting biodiversity loss. We are working closely with all countries to take action to tackle climate change and to protect our natural habitats.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/07/2021 09:32:33 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1342931

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	UN Climate Conference 2021: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what steps he is taking to engage school age children in the lead up to COP26.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	25886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>On 10 June, we published the Together for our Planet Schools Pack which was sent to schools across the UK. The pack is designed to encourage conversations about climate change, engage students on COP26, and help schools celebrate students who are going “One Step Greener” by recycling, walking to school, or taking other steps to tackle climate change. In April, we partnered with Blue Peter to launch a writing competition which asked children to submit a story about something that is affecting our planet today. We will transform the winning work into an animated film which will premiere at COP26 to inspire urgent climate action.</p><p>The COP Unit has a dedicated youth engagement team who are working to ensure youth voices are heard at COP26 and in its legacy. I have set up a Civil Society and Youth Advisory Council so that young activists are informing our planning for an inclusive COP26. The UK is also working in partnership with the Italian government Government, who will host the Pre-COP and Youth4Climate event, bringing together 400 young climate leaders from across the world.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/07/2021 09:34:23 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1342934

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Forests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what recent discussions he (a) has had and (b) plans to have to halt deforestation on the planet; and what estimate he has made of when that will be achieved.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	25889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>As incoming President of COP26 and recently as President of the G7, the UK is putting nature and forests at the heart of our response to tackling climate change.</p><p>In the recently published G7 Leaders’ ‘2030 Nature Compact’, we set out a G7 ambition to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 and to tackle deforestation, including by supporting sustainable supply chains and demonstrating clear domestic action. To achieve this, the UK has brought together agricultural commodity consumer and producer countries in the Forest, Agriculture and Commodity Trade (FACT) dialogue. The UK is also helping to build the LEAF coalition, which aims to mobilise $1 billion in financing, and is expected to become one of the largest ever public-private efforts to protect tropical forests and support sustainable development.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/07/2021 09:33:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1343014

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Wind Power: International Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what steps his Department has taken to raise international ambition for onshore wind ahead of COP26.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>Accelerating the global energy transition from coal to clean power is a top priority of the UK COP26 Presidency. We are working with countries to expand the use of clean, renewable energy sources such as onshore and offshore wind. We launched the Energy Transition Council to bring together the political, financial and technical leaders of the global power sector to ensure that clean power is the most attractive option for new power generation for all countries. At the G7, members committed to achieving overwhelmingly decarbonised power systems in the 2030s. Wind generation will play an important role in delivering this in the UK, and internationally we are working closely with partners including the Global Wind Energy Council.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/07/2021 09:34:55 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1337487

registered interest
date	16/06/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Climate Change Convention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, if he will publish his plans and objectives for the British stewardship of the COP process after COP26 in Glasgow.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	16870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK will formally take up the presidency of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 31 October 2021 in the opening plenary of the conference. The primary responsibility of the UK as the COP26 presidency is to preside over the meetings of the conference and steward the formal negotiations to a successful conclusion.</p><p>Once confirmed as the COP26 President, I will remain President of the COP until late the following year, when the next presidency takes over at the commencement of the next conference. The UK will fulfil its formal mandate during this year in chairing the COP Bureau, and working with the incoming presidency to prepare for COP27. Specific details of plans and objectives for the UK’s presidency year will be forthcoming after COP26, once the outcomes and agreements reached by the 197 Parties of the UNFCCC are known.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/06/2021 09:58:46 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1336794

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	UN Climate Conference 2021: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what steps the Government is taking to ensure its COP26 presidency helps protect the rights of persons with disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	16136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2021 answer text <p>Climate action must be inclusive of people with disabilities and support their rights. We know that people with disabilities are disproportionately affected by climate change. The UK is committed to championing inclusivity throughout our COP presidency. Our dedicated civil society engagement team ensures we amplify and learn from the voices of those most affected by climate change to inspire governments to increase their ambition.</p><p>We are actively engaging the disability community to ensure that people with disabilities and their representative organisations can fully participate in the summit in November. We have set up an official-led COP26 disability-inclusive working group to guide our preparations for delivering an inclusive summit. This group comprises disabled persons’ organisations and disability representatives organisations from around the world. The COP26 civil society engagement team also runs regular open-invite calls with civil society to ensure that the UK presidency is consulting the broadest range of groups in the run-up to COP26. These calls are attended by persons with disabilities and representative organisations.</p><p>Finally, the UK also ensured in the recent Climate and Development Ministerial Chair’s Summary that the links between climate finance and advancing the inclusivity of persons with disabilities were highlighted.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/06/2021 09:57:53 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

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 Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1331066

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	UN Climate Conference 2021
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to consult with (a) civil society and (b) youth groups in preparation for COP26.
tabling member constituency	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
tabling member printed	David Mundell
uin	900929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2021 answer text <p>I have established a diverse international Civil Society and Youth Advisory Council, the first of its kind at any COP, to work with the UK Presidency to deliver a successful summit. The co-chairs are young climate activists, one from the global north and one from the global south.</p><p>I have also committed to and have been meeting civil society and youth groups on my international visits to ensure their voices are heard at COP26.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/06/2021 12:18:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1512 label Biography information for David Mundell