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1366919

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	UN Climate Conference 2021: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to all areas of the Scottish Event Campus.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	71400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>Inclusivity and accessibility were key priorities for COP26 and the venue was designed to facilitate that. When officials were made aware of the issue in question, which was a genuine mistake, they worked urgently with the Israeli delegation to resolve this and the UK Government apologised to Minister Elharrar. The permanent structures were fully wheelchair accessible and the venue holds gold level accessibility status. For the temporary structures a complete accessibility audit was completed and they were fully compliant. There were blue badge spaces for the conference, along with two fully accessible shuttle routes.</p><p>An accessibility support desk was on hand to help with any requests for assistance, and there were hearing loops available in conference and plenary rooms. During the second week, BSL was provided at the COP26 Presidency and UK Prime Minister press conferences, and key presidency events including the closing plenaries. Officials regularly met with the UNFCCC Disability lead to address any accessibility concerns.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 71401 71402 question first answered 25/11/2021 17:24:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1366920

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	UN Climate Conference 2021: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, for what reason sign language and subtitles have only been available for the opening ceremony of COP26 and not for every session.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	71401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>Inclusivity and accessibility were key priorities for COP26 and the venue was designed to facilitate that. When officials were made aware of the issue in question, which was a genuine mistake, they worked urgently with the Israeli delegation to resolve this and the UK Government apologised to Minister Elharrar. The permanent structures were fully wheelchair accessible and the venue holds gold level accessibility status. For the temporary structures a complete accessibility audit was completed and they were fully compliant. There were blue badge spaces for the conference, along with two fully accessible shuttle routes.</p><p>An accessibility support desk was on hand to help with any requests for assistance, and there were hearing loops available in conference and plenary rooms. During the second week, BSL was provided at the COP26 Presidency and UK Prime Minister press conferences, and key presidency events including the closing plenaries. Officials regularly met with the UNFCCC Disability lead to address any accessibility concerns.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 71400 71402 question first answered 25/11/2021 17:24:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1366922

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	UN Climate Conference 2021: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what steps he has taken to help prevent a recurrence of the accessibility challenges encountered by Israel’s energy minister when attempting to access the Scottish Event Campus on 1 November 2021.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	71402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>Inclusivity and accessibility were key priorities for COP26 and the venue was designed to facilitate that. When officials were made aware of the issue in question, which was a genuine mistake, they worked urgently with the Israeli delegation to resolve this and the UK Government apologised to Minister Elharrar. The permanent structures were fully wheelchair accessible and the venue holds gold level accessibility status. For the temporary structures a complete accessibility audit was completed and they were fully compliant. There were blue badge spaces for the conference, along with two fully accessible shuttle routes.</p><p>An accessibility support desk was on hand to help with any requests for assistance, and there were hearing loops available in conference and plenary rooms. During the second week, BSL was provided at the COP26 Presidency and UK Prime Minister press conferences, and key presidency events including the closing plenaries. Officials regularly met with the UNFCCC Disability lead to address any accessibility concerns.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 71400 71401 question first answered 25/11/2021 17:24:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1362224

registered interest
date	21/10/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure that (a) climate change and (b) ecological destruction are tackled in an integrated way at COP26.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	60522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>During the World Leaders’ Summit at COP26, there will be a event focused on bringing together ambitious governments, companies, financial actors, and non-state leaders to raise ambition on forests and land-use, in a way that delivers for the climate, people, economic development and biodiversity. The event will demonstrate how action on forests and land-use can contribute to keeping the 1.5 temperature goal in sight, to supporting sustainable livelihoods, and to meeting shared promises on adaptation and finance.</p><p>COP26 will also include a Nature Day highlighting action on forests, agriculture and wider land-use to address the climate crisis. We are working with international partners to promote sustainable and climate-resilient agriculture; to mobilise increased and more targeted finance for nature; and to build the political consensus for ambitious action.</p><p>At the G7 summit, leaders committed to an ambitious ‘Nature Compact’, which includes working to accelerate an inclusive global transition to sustainable and climate resilient agriculture, as well as committing to achieving net zero emissions no later than 2050.</p><p>The UK has also played a central role in promoting the ‘Leaders’ Pledge for Nature’, which now has over 80 signatories. The pledge sets out ten urgent actions to put nature on a path to recovery by 2030, addressing both biodiversity loss and climate change.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/11/2021 14:54:33 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1361579

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	What steps he is taking to mobilise public and private climate finance ahead of COP26.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	903719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>We have been working tirelessly to encourage donor nations, and multilateral development banks, to increase their commitments to meet the $100bn goal, which is within touching distance. We are also working closely with the private sector to promote and support initiatives which mobilise private finance towards climate action.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/10/2021 13:41:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1361799

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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, what steps he is taking to place pressure on the most-polluting countries to commit to keeping the global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	59892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>Under the Paris Agreement, all parties committed to holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, recognising that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change. As the incoming COP Presidency, the UK has been pressing all leaders to raise ambition on reducing their emissions ahead of COP26, through a programme of regular engagement and events, including through the G7 and G20.</p><p>Under the UK G7 Presidency, all G7 countries have now increased the ambition of their NDCs and committed to net zero by 2050 at the latest. Additionally since taking office, I have made 41 visits to 33 countries, including many major emitters, and engaged directly with over 100 ministers from over 65 countries to encourage ambitious climate action. So far, 122 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) have now been submitted to the UNFCCC, representing around 55% of global emissions. We continue to call on all countries that have not yet done so to put forward ambitious new NDCs and Long Term Strategies ahead of COP26.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 27/10/2021 15:53:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1361832

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	UN Climate Conference 2021: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what arrangements have been made to provide (a) financial and (b) practical support to COP26 delegates from countries in the global South very recently removed from the covid-19 red list, who were in the group eligible for funding for required managed quarantine stays and who now have no accommodation in Glasgow for between five and 10 days, depending on their vaccination status, because their accommodation arrangements were made prior to their countries removal from the covid-19 red list, and who will otherwise find it difficult to attend COP26; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>When the red list changed on 7 October, there were 280 managed quarantine bookings made by COP26 participants through the bespoke COP26 booking system. We have engaged with all of the individuals that booked and gave a country of departure that is no longer on the red list.</p><p>The UNFCCC Trust Fund for Participants, to which the UK Government contributes, has paid for the costs of necessary flight changes for funded delegates.</p><p>We are continuing to fund managed quarantine stays for all COP26 participants, including party delegates, media and observers that would otherwise find it difficult to attend COP26.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 27/10/2021 15:49:28 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1361862

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	UN Climate Conference 2021: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, how much additional funding has been allocated to the Scottish Government for the potential costs of hosting COP26 in Glasgow.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	59768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>The amount of funding provided by the UK Government through the Cabinet Office to Scottish Government Agencies is not yet finalised, as costs are still being incurred. All approved actual costs will be reimbursed following the event, in line with our Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Scottish Government.</p><p>NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and Police Scotland, are two of the agencies covered by the MOU, and approved actual costs will be covered by the COP26 budget.</p><p>Similarly, Glasgow City Council will be reimbursed for approved actual costs, which will not be known until after the event.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 59769 59770 59771 59772 question first answered 27/10/2021 15:50:30 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1361864

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	UN Climate Conference 2021: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, whether the UK Government and Scottish Government have agreed how additional funding provided in order to assist with the impact of COP26 will be allocated.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	59769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>The amount of funding provided by the UK Government through the Cabinet Office to Scottish Government Agencies is not yet finalised, as costs are still being incurred. All approved actual costs will be reimbursed following the event, in line with our Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Scottish Government.</p><p>NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and Police Scotland, are two of the agencies covered by the MOU, and approved actual costs will be covered by the COP26 budget.</p><p>Similarly, Glasgow City Council will be reimbursed for approved actual costs, which will not be known until after the event.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 59768 59770 59771 59772 question first answered 27/10/2021 15:50:30 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1361865

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	UN Climate Conference 2021: Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, whether the Government has allocated additional funding to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to respond to the potential health effects of the COP26 summit being hosted in Glasgow.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	59770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>The amount of funding provided by the UK Government through the Cabinet Office to Scottish Government Agencies is not yet finalised, as costs are still being incurred. All approved actual costs will be reimbursed following the event, in line with our Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Scottish Government.</p><p>NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and Police Scotland, are two of the agencies covered by the MOU, and approved actual costs will be covered by the COP26 budget.</p><p>Similarly, Glasgow City Council will be reimbursed for approved actual costs, which will not be known until after the event.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 59768 59769 59771 59772 question first answered 27/10/2021 15:50:30 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray