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1506754

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	COP26: Work Experience
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, how many young people aged eighteen or younger have undertaken work experience in his Department in the last 12 months; and what proportion of those young people were (a) girls and (b) boys from state schools.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	51687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>There have been no people aged eighteen or younger over the past twelve months who have undertaken work experience in the COP26 Unit.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/09/2022 14:42:12 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1505815

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
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, with reference to point 6 of the Glasgow Leader's Declaration on Forests and Land Use which committed signatories to facilitate the alignment of financial flows with international goals to reverse forest loss and degradation, what steps the Government plans to take to implement that commitment.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	49140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The signing of the Glasgow Leaders Declaration on Forests and Land Use by 145 world leaders committed to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030. Alongside this political commitment, an ambitious policy package was announced. Specifically, 12 donor countries pledged to provide $12 billion (£8.75 billion) of public climate finance from 2021 to 2025 to a new Global Forest Finance Pledge (GFFP); the UK convened a $1.7 billion public and private donor pledge to advance Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ (IPLC) forest tenure rights; and 33 financial institutions committed to eliminate investment in activities linked to deforestation.</p><p>On point 6, the UK is developing tools to drive transparency in the financial sector, including requirements for UK financial institutions to have a robust transition plan setting out how they will decarbonise as the UK meets its ambitious and legally binding net zero targets. The UK also actively supports the Taskforce on Nature Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), including £2.8m of funding for the development of a framework for corporates and financial institutions to assess, manage and report on their dependencies and impacts on nature.</p><p>There was a recent call for evidence regarding updating the green finance strategy, which closed in June 2022. This included questions regarding deforestation. We are in the process of analysing the responses to the call for evidence and will reflect on them, alongside other sources of evidence, including the Global Resource Initiative’s (GRI) finance report.</p><p>To ensure the money committed in the Pledge is delivered to these communities, a report on the progress of the GFFP will be presented by COP27. The UK is a leading member of the donor coordination group to advance IPLC pledge commitments and report on progress by COP27. The UK will continue to work with donors to ensure pledged funds are delivered to local communities and indigenous peoples.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 49141 question first answered 23/09/2022 06:48:29 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1505816

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
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, with reference to the Global Forest Finance pledge announced on 2 November 2021 at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, if he will take steps to help establish an oversight body including indigenous peoples and local communities to ensure the money committed in that pledge is delivered to those communities.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	49141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The signing of the Glasgow Leaders Declaration on Forests and Land Use by 145 world leaders committed to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030. Alongside this political commitment, an ambitious policy package was announced. Specifically, 12 donor countries pledged to provide $12 billion (£8.75 billion) of public climate finance from 2021 to 2025 to a new Global Forest Finance Pledge (GFFP); the UK convened a $1.7 billion public and private donor pledge to advance Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ (IPLC) forest tenure rights; and 33 financial institutions committed to eliminate investment in activities linked to deforestation.</p><p>On point 6, the UK is developing tools to drive transparency in the financial sector, including requirements for UK financial institutions to have a robust transition plan setting out how they will decarbonise as the UK meets its ambitious and legally binding net zero targets. The UK also actively supports the Taskforce on Nature Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), including £2.8m of funding for the development of a framework for corporates and financial institutions to assess, manage and report on their dependencies and impacts on nature.</p><p>There was a recent call for evidence regarding updating the green finance strategy, which closed in June 2022. This included questions regarding deforestation. We are in the process of analysing the responses to the call for evidence and will reflect on them, alongside other sources of evidence, including the Global Resource Initiative’s (GRI) finance report.</p><p>To ensure the money committed in the Pledge is delivered to these communities, a report on the progress of the GFFP will be presented by COP27. The UK is a leading member of the donor coordination group to advance IPLC pledge commitments and report on progress by COP27. The UK will continue to work with donors to ensure pledged funds are delivered to local communities and indigenous peoples.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 49140 question first answered 23/09/2022 06:48:29 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1504693

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Hydrogen and Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, whether he has had discussions with representatives of the devolved Assemblies on sharing expertise on investment in (a) hydrogen and (b) renewable energy.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	47534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>COP26 Devolved Administrations Ministers Meetings, chaired by the COP President, have formally convened five times. The COP President uses these meetings to consult devolved administration Ministers on a wide range of issues.</p><p>Domestic Energy Policy remains the responsibility of the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). With support from the devolved administrations, BEIS has established an Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) that covers Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change. This brings together Ministers from the four administrations to discuss emission reduction efforts across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/09/2022 14:05:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1491334

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Climate Change: International Assistance
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 ensure delivery of promised climate finance from (a) the UK and (b) international partners; and what steps he plans to take towards that aim over the remainder of the UK's presidency of COP.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	41990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>During COP26, 95% of the largest developed country climate finance providers made new, forward-looking climate finance commitments, with many doubling or even quadrupling their support for developing countries to take climate action.We are now encouraging all climate finance providers to bring forward their Progress Update to the $100bn Delivery Plan, led by German and Canadian Ministers.</p><p>Earlier this year, alongside the incoming Egyptian Presidency of COP27 and the High-Level Champions, we announced a new independent High-Level Expert Group on scaling up investment and finance to deliver on climate ambition and development goals.</p><p>In the recently published International Development Strategy, the Government reiterated the Prime Minister’s promise to double our International Climate Finance (ICF) contribution to at least £11.6 billion between 2021-2026. This sustained commitment will ensure that UK ICF is focussed on driving rapid transformation and systemic shifts required to achieve the Paris Agreement goals and deliver on the Glasgow Climate Pact.</p><p>Following the South African Just Energy Transition Partnership announced at COP26, we confirmed at the recent G7 Leaders meeting, that we are working in partnership with four additional developing countries which want to accelerate their clean energy transitions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/09/2022 11:54:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1491242

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Climate Change: International Assistance
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 that climate finance committed by (a) the UK and (b) other high-income countries reaches frontline communities.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	40763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Under the UK’s Presidency, 95% of the largest developed country climate finance providers made new, forward-looking climate finance commitments, with many doubling or even quadrupling their support for developing countries to take climate action. These pledges mean that the $100 billion finance goal will be met by developed countries by 2023 at the latest. At COP26, there was significant progress on adaptation finance, with agreement in the Glasgow Climate Pact that developed countries should at least double their finance for adaptation to developing countries against 2019 levels by 2025.</p><p>To improve access to climate finance, the UK launched the Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance at COP26, in partnership with Fiji as co-chair and the Taskforce’s Steering Committee, including the US, Germany and Sweden. The Taskforce’s approach responds to calls for reform from developing countries and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). This year, the focus is on implementation and will help ensure climate vulnerable countries and communities get the finance they need faster, and in alignment with their own plans and priorities.</p><p>At COP26, over $450m was mobilised for initiatives and programmes enhancing locally-led adaptation approaches through the Least Developed Countries Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR), Financing Locally-Led Climate Action Program (FLLoCA), Community Resilience Partnership Program (CRPP) and the Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance.</p><p>The UK Presidency is encouraging commitments from climate providers to set out how they are getting behind the need to implement the Principles for Locally-led adaptation (which currently have over 70 endorsements from governments and organisations), with further finance into relevant climate funds, programmes and initiatives relevant to locally-led adaptation, and enhanced access to finance to support delivery of national and local adaptation priorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/09/2022 11:51:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1487997

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: International Cooperation
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 progress of nations on submitting new Nationally Determined Contributions since COP26.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	33764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>Since COP26, there have been 16 NDC submissions. This represents progress but the Government continues to work closely with partner countries and organisations to drive climate ambition, and to urge all countries to revisit and strengthen their NDCs by the end of 2022 to close the ambition gap and keep 1.5C within reach.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 32939 question first answered 20/07/2022 17:07:32 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1487641

registered interest
date	08/07/2022
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Greenhouse Gas Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, how many nations have submitted updated Nationally Determined Contributions in advance of COP27 as of 8 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	32939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>Since COP26, there have been 16 NDC submissions. This represents progress but the Government continues to work closely with partner countries and organisations to drive climate ambition, and to urge all countries to revisit and strengthen their NDCs by the end of 2022 to close the ambition gap and keep 1.5C within reach.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 33764 question first answered 20/07/2022 17:07:32 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy