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1716038

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when her Department plans to submit its next nationally determined contribution to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; and if she will make it her policy that the next nationally determined contribution will set out how the UK will adhere to the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming limit.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	24923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>In line with the Paris Agreement, the UK will communicate its next nationally determined contribution (NDC) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change at least 9 to 12 months ahead of COP30 (i.e. between November 2024 and February 2025).</p><p> </p><p>In communicating the NDC, the UK will take account of the Global Stocktake which encourages Parties to come forward in their next NDCs with ambitious, economy-wide emission reduction targets, covering all greenhouse gases, sectors and categories and aligned with limiting global warming to 1.5 °C, as informed by the latest science, in the light of different national circumstances.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/05/2024 08:46:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1702517

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to tackle climate change.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	22813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK is the first major economy to halve its emissions – having cut them by around 53% between 1990 and 2023. We have the most ambitious 2030 emissions reduction target of any major economy.</p><p> </p><p>The UK over-achieved against the first, second and third carbon budgets. Taken together, the policies set out in last year’s Carbon Budget Delivery Plan keep us on track for Carbon Budgets 4, 5 and 6, our 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution, and ultimately for net zero by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>Renewables, which have increased from 7% in 2010 to nearly half of our electricity generation, will help ensure our energy security – providing homegrown energy, and reducing our exposure to volatile fossil fuel markets. The UK is home to the five largest operational offshore wind farm projects in the world and no country has built more offshore wind than the UK bar China.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/04/2024 05:52:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1684224

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to implement the recommendations of the Climate Change Committee's report entitled 2023 Progress Report to Parliament, published 28 June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	10900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>On 26 October the Government published its response to the Climate Change Committee 2023 Progress Report. In the response, the Government demonstrates the actions it is taking and responds to all 300 of the Committee’s recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/01/2024 06:41:16 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1681722

registered interest
date	11/01/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will commit to working with institutions such as universities to develop policies to combat climate change and stimulate green growth.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government funds research to provide evidence to support the development of energy, climate change, and green growth policies. This research is competitively tendered and is delivered typically by academic institutions, consultancies, SMEs, or a combination.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 19/01/2024 12:04:32 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1681158

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department has taken to help ensure the UK meets its international climate commitments since COP26 in November 2021.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	8906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK reports every two years on progress towards its international targets and on international climate finance to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The UK will report under the Enhanced Transparency Framework, part of the Paris Agreement which comes into force this year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continuously reviews delivery of the UK’s domestic and international climate strategy and commitments at Cabinet level, including through the Domestic and Economic Affairs (Energy, Climate and Net Zero) Committee, chaired by my Rt Hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/01/2024 06:24:31 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1675012

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the World Climate Declaration.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government has not made a specific assessment of the World Climate Declaration but uses a range of scientific evidence to inform government policy, in particular the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which is the global authority on climate science.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 18/12/2023 13:05:43 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1674459

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made an estimate of the cost of climate change to the UK economy in 2050.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	4710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2023 answer text <p>As the OBR noted in its July 2021 Fiscal Risks Report, “the costs of failing to get climate change under control would be much larger than those of bringing emissions down to net zero”. The OBR’s unmitigated warming scenario showed debt spiralling up to over 130 per cent of UK GDP by 2050 and around 290 per cent by the end of the century as a result of the cost of adapting to an ever hotter climate.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 08/12/2023 07:43:05 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1659756

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to appoint a climate envoy.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	198896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to appoint a climate envoy. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, leads on international climate change for the UK. I will represent the UK at the COP28 negotiations as Ministerial Head of Delegation.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 19/09/2023 14:57:24 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1646405

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his Department’s planned timetable for is developing a national action plan for implementation of each of the six elements of Action for Climate Empowerment agreed at COP27; and what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on Action for Climate Empowerment.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	190553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>Officials at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero engage with other government departments, including the Department for Education, to encourage implementation of the Action for Climate Empowerment Action Plan by 2026.</p><p> </p><p>The <em>Net Zero Strategy Growth Plan</em> outlines the Government's approach to empowering the public to make green choices including by developing a roadmap setting out plans and proposals under net zero.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/06/2023 12:42:43 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1628931

registered interest
date	18/05/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he has taken to develop a Just Transition Work Programme in line with the Sharm-el Sheikh Implementation Plan agreed at COP27; and what consultations have been held with trade unions to date.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	185859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises that a just transition will support the creation of quality jobs in developing countries and enable enhanced climate mitigation. As such, the Government is working constructively towards a COP28 decision on the Just Transition Work Programme which catalyses increased climate ambition and underscores the importance of supporting workers and impacted communities. Trade Unions are engaged through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change process.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/05/2023 13:40:14 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter