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1671250

	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

1661210

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to measure changes in the level of climate-related (a) loss of the coastline, (b) flooding, (c) drought and (d) other extreme weather events.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	200047
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government uses cutting-edge science, including advances in climate modelling and projections, to inform and prepare our response to rising sea levels. The Government continues to work closely with the Met Office to assess the science of sea-level rise as part of the Met Office Hadley Centre Climate Programme, including examining the implications of the latest IPCC's 6<sup>th</sup> assessment report (AR6). This includes the outcome of significant ice mass loss from Antarctica and Greenland.</p><p> </p><p>Our long-term policy statement sets out our ambition to create a nation more resilient to future flood and coastal erosion risk. It includes five ambitious policies and over 40 supporting actions we will take to accelerate progress to better protect and prepare the country against flooding and coastal erosion from more frequent extreme weather as a result of climate change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 16/10/2023 14:58:55 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1645904

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2023
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help prevent global warming above 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2027.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	190378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>In March 2023, government published the Net Zero Growth Plan which sets out how the UK will contribute towards global efforts to keep within 1.5 degrees of warming. Our transition to a green and sustainable future will provide new opportunities to grow and level up the UK economy and support hundreds of thousands of green, high skilled jobs, whilst ensuring the environment is in a better state for the next generation. The UK cannot achieve our climate and nature objectives alone and that is why we have also published The Strategic Framework 2030 for international climate and nature action, as well as our International Climate Finance Strategy, which set out the actions the UK will take to support climate and nature action across the world.</p><p> </p><p>I have regular contact with my Cabinet colleagues to discuss climate change, including sitting on The Domestic and Economic Affairs (Energy, Climate and Net Zero) Cabinet Committee. This and supporting governance structures ensure that there is ongoing focus on implementation of our domestic and international net zero ambitions.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 27/06/2023 13:24:10 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1640081

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2023
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has conducted research in the last five years on the impact of climate change on the (a) agricultural, (b) manufacturing and (c) construction industries.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	186658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>We are the first major economy to legislate for net zero emissions and we have cleaned up our power sector, cut emissions faster than any G7 country while growing the economy, championed climate change adaptation and set a strong example for other countries to follow.</p><p> </p><p>(a) Adopting best practice across all agricultural systems has the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the farming sector. The Government is engaged with a number of initiatives to better understand and respond to the effects of climate change on agriculture, including research on food supply resilience in relation to climate change and adaptation measures through our work with the Met Office Hadley Centre Food Farming and Natural Environment service (up to £600k over three years). We also plan to develop future publicly funded research and innovation further. This includes investments under the Farming Innovation Programme, a £270 million innovation programme which aims to drive up productivity and enhance environmental sustainability, enabling us to adapt to climate change more effectively, while improving levels of food security.</p><p> </p><p>(b) and (c) Defra has not conducted research in the last five years on the impact of climate change on the manufacturing or construction industries.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics’ “Business insights and impact on the UK economy” survey, Wave 82, published on 18 May 2023 provides manufacturing and construction sector views on the impact of climate change on their business (<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Feconomy%2Feconomicoutputandproductivity%2Foutput%2Fdatasets%2Fbusinessinsightsandimpactontheukeconomy&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqtransfers%40defra.gov.uk%7C0ff8d7c229ec4002f1b208db61da6cd2%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638211363029652648%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=FwLjEYixVcutnkcKS%2FnLWhIdWtRN55kf%2BdgmDEBdny8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/output/datasets/businessinsightsandimpactontheukeconomy</a>) and asks the following questions:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Which of the following actions, if any, has your business taken to protect the environment?</li><li>Which of the following actions, if any, have you taken to reduce your business's carbon emissions?</li><li>Is your business concerned about the impact climate change may have on the business?</li></ul><p> </p><p>In Wave 59, published on 30 June 2022, the following question, which is now discontinued, was asked:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Have any of the following been used to assess the impact of climate change on your business's ability to operate?</li></ul> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 05/06/2023 12:39:08 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1611801

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2023
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) natural flood management, (b) urban tree planting, (c) peatland restoration, (d) sustainable urban drainage and (e) other nature-based approaches to climate adaptation are a key part of the forthcoming third National Adaptation Programme.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	181345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>(a) Nature-based solutions make a positive contribution to achieving climate resilient places particularly at a community led, river catchment scale. They can support flood and coastal resilience, improve water supply and quality as well as contribute to wider climate change and sustainable development objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency’s £15 million Natural Flood Management (NFM) programme demonstrated the important role nature-based projects can have in helping to slow the flow and store flood waters. The measures in the 60 pilot projects included planting trees, creating leaky barriers, restoring peatland and restoring salt marshes. On 8 December 2022, the Environment Agency published an evaluation report on the NFM programme.</p><p> </p><p>Later this year the Environment Agency will update its Working with Natural Processes Evidence Directory. This will help share evidence and best practice about how to develop natural flood management projects</p><p> </p><p>(b) The National Adaptation Programme (NAP) covers priority risks identified by the Climate Change Committee including risks to trees and woodland carbon storage. We recognise the important role urban trees play in this, which is why we are supporting the planting of them through the Urban Tree Challenge Fund and Local Authority Treescapes Fund. The National Planning Policy Framework and Urban Tree Manual highlight the role of urban trees and the recently published local Tree &amp; Woodland Strategy Toolkit recognises their contribution to core climate change mitigation, adaptation and biodiversity goals in Government policy.</p><p> </p><p>(c) Peatland restoration is already a Defra priority and we have ambitious targets to restore over 35,000 hectares of peat in England by 2025 and 280,000 hectares by 2050, as will be set out in the NAP. The England Peat Action Plan (2021) outlines what action is needed to ensure that peatlands contribute to climate adaptation, preserving their carbon store while also providing water storage, flood management functions and space for nature.</p><p> </p><p>(d) The third National Adaptation Pathway will set out how the water sector is mitigating against the risks presented by climate change. This includes outlining where Sustainable Urban Drainage Schemes (SuDS) represent an adaptation measure in the event of climate events, e.g increased rainfall. The Environment Agency maintains a national overview of SuDS, advising the Government on policy matters. On 10 January 2023, the Government reviewed making SuDS mandatory in new developments. The Government accepted the review’s recommendation to mandate SuDS in England through implementing Schedule 3 to the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. SuDS use features such as ponds, rain gardens and grass to absorb the rain and tanks and pipes to slow the flow to the sewer, reducing the risk of surface water and sewer flooding. This will help limit volumes entering drainage networks which will help ease the pressure on the sewerage system and mitigate flood risk. The Government is now considering how best to implement, considering scope, threshold, and process and there will be a public consultation later this year.</p><p> </p><p>(e) Nature-based solutions play a key role in tackling climate change and managing its impacts. Restoring our natural habitats has a myriad of potential benefits for helping communities to adapt to climate change risks – from natural flood management to urban cooling – as well as for helping to support the resilience of ecosystems themselves to climate change. The third NAP will cover a suite of programmes that the Government is delivering to support the resilient recovery of nature, as well as to maximise their adaptive benefits, as exemplified above.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 24/04/2023 14:29:36 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1611802

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2023
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will take steps to ensure that the forthcoming National Adaptation Programme includes (a) specific, (b) timebound and (c) measurable targets for enabling the UK to adapt to an average global temperature rise of two degrees Celsius.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	181346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) report will mark the beginning of a five-year implementation period. The report will include a clear set of objectives for adaptation, with policies and accompanying delivery mechanisms to meet those objectives. Progress indicators, aligned to risks and opportunities set out in our third Climate Change Risk Assessment will also be developed as part of the NAP programme and will help the programme have a more targeted and effective approach to monitoring.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 24/04/2023 14:20:54 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1611803

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2023
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) policies and (b) commitments in the forthcoming National Adaptation Programme are being developed alongside and incorporated into the forthcoming Land Use Framework.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	181347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>We are currently developing both the Land Use Framework and the Third National Adaptation Plan. The work undertaken to prepare these documents is being shared in support of our intention that the two documents will complement each other. The Land Use Framework will take account of existing policies and commitments including those included in the National Adaptation Programme, which will be important in supporting resilient landscapes.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 24/04/2023 14:14:27 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1611804

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2023
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the National Adaptation Programme will be updated to include new government funding commitments for investment in adaptation over the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	181348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) will be published in summer 2023 and will update on the Government’s planned actions to address risks and opportunities set out in the third Climate Change Risk Assessment. Adaptation is ‘mainstreamed’ across Government, which means that all Government spending should account for the risks posed by the impacts of climate change.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 24/04/2023 13:29:45 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1611807

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2023
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what delivery mechanisms she plans to include within the National Adaptation Programme to ensure that climate adaptation commitments are adopted across Government departments.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	181351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) report will mark the beginning of a five-year implementation period. The report will include a clear set of objectives for adaptation, with policies and accompanying delivery mechanisms to meet those objectives. Progress indicators, aligned to risks and opportunities set out in our third Climate Change Risk Assessment will also be developed as part of the NAP programme and will help the programme have a more targeted and effective approach to monitoring. In addition, programme governance will include monitoring of actions and reporting as required.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 24/04/2023 13:33:12 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1609902

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring quantitative assessments under the adaptation reporting power in the Climate Change Act 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	180035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government consultation on proposals for the fourth round of climate adaptation reporting under the Adaptation Reporting Power closed 5th April. It included consideration of guidance to support reporting organisations and whether to make reporting voluntary or mandatory. A summary of consultation responses will be available on gov.uk shortly. Consultation feedback will inform the final strategy, to be published alongside the third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) this year.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 24/04/2023 07:41:45 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse