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1601375

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many personnel his Department plans to employ in the Small Island Developing States hub.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	159033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>FCDO has launched the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Hub to provide a strategic global lead on cross-cutting SIDS issues, working in partnership with our regional and country teams. The Hub now has seven staff and we have no immediate plans to increase this staffing level.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 09/03/2023 10:42:30 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1601376

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the policy paper entitled UK Small Island Developing States strategy 2022 to 2026, published on 27 February 2023, when the Small Island Developing States Envoy will be appointed.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	159034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK Special Envoy for the Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Rebecca Fabrizi, was appointed in April 2022.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 09/03/2023 10:41:40 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1601378

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he had discussions with his counterparts in (a) Australia, (b) New Zealand and (c) France on the UK's Small Island Developing States strategy in the Indo-Pacific region when preparing the policy paper entitled UK Small Island Developing States strategy 2022 to 2026, published on 27 February 2023.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	159036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>Prior to the publication of the paper, discussions have been held on the UK's approach to the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Hub's issues at official level with Australia, New Zealand and France. Within the Indo-Pacific region, discussions with partners take place at all levels including through the Partners in the Blue Pacific initiative of which Australia and New Zealand are members and France has participated in discussions.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 09/03/2023 10:40:33 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1583464

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with international partners regarding how the international development programme can help to support less developed countries that are at the forefront of climate change-related damage.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL5373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>All parties at COP27, the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including the UK, agreed to establish new funding arrangements for assisting developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Parties agreed to establish a Transitional Committee of developed and developing countries to operationalise the funding arrangements, with which the UK engages closely.</p><p>At COP27 the UK announced a commitment to increase climate adaptation finance to £1.5 billion in 2025. This funding will help countries build their resilience to climate change impacts. The UK engages closely through the UNFCCC process with partners, as well as through direct engagements with developing countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 14/02/2023 12:35:49 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1580297

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made on the establishment of a funding facility to address climate-induced Loss and Damage as agreed at COP27.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	131205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>At COP27, the UK and all parties agreed to establish new funding arrangements to assist developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change and also decided to establish a fund for responding to loss and damage. It was agreed to establish a Transitional Committee under the UNFCCC to operationalise the new arrangements and fund, including to develop recommendations for COP28.</p><p>Since the decision, the UK has actively engaged with the establishment of the Transitional Committee, including by bidding for membership of the Committee. We are committed to making a positive contribution to the aims and objectives of the Committee.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 01/02/2023 16:38:35 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1579551

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help support developing countries (a) affected by and (b) tackle climate change.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	129860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>As COP President, the UK worked with all Parties towards delivering on the Glasgow Climate Pact and raising the highest possible ambition to keep 1.5 in reach. Our Presidency year drove action and ambition with our global partners with over 90% of world GDP now covered by net zero commitments. In addition, the UK's International Climate Finance (ICF) supports developing countries to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change. The UK is delivering on our commitment to double ICF to £11.6 billion between 2021/22 and 2025/26, seeking balance between adaptation and mitigation funding. ICF Results Publication 2022 [DRAFT] - Official Sensitive (publishing.service.gov.uk); helping over 95 million people cope with the effects of climate change, providing 58 million people with improved access to clean energy and reducing or avoiding 68 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 31/01/2023 15:39:27 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1549314

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made on establishing the funding facility to help tackle climate-induced loss and damage agreed at COP27.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	105356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>All parties at COP27, including the UK, agreed to establish new funding arrangements for assisting developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, as well as a fund for responding to loss and damage (L&amp;D). Parties also agreed to establish a Transitional Committee to operationalise the funding arrangements and the fund.</p><p>The UK is currently engaging with the UNFCCC and parties to establish the Transitional Committee for the L&amp;D fund and will continue to constructively engage with it to help ensure the fund and wider funding arrangements for L&amp;D deliver effectively for countries most vulnerable to climate change.</p><p>At COP27 the UK also announced £5 million of funding for the Santiago Network for L&amp;D, which will bring together and enhance the technical assistance available to developing countries suffering from the worst impacts of climate change, as part of a £13m package of support on adaptation and losses and damages.</p><p>The UK continues to prioritise adaptation and spent £2.4 billion of International Climate Finance (ICF) over 2016-2020 on climate adaptation, including investments in areas relevant to addressing losses and damages.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 19/12/2022 16:37:14 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1541585

registered interest
date	11/11/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to take steps to compel UK based oil and gas companies to make payments to developing countries to compensate them for the impact of climate change.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	85028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has no formal jurisdiction over UK based oil and gas companies, which is held by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The UK recognises that more needs to be done to help countries avert, minimise and address the loss and damage they are facing. On 7 November the UK announced £5 million in funding to support the set up and development of the Santiago Network for Loss and Damage, a platform for providing technical assistance for action on loss and damage for developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 17/11/2022 16:02:58 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1483577

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on ensuring that climate adaptation finance is allocated to countries suffering from climate change and fragility.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	25991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>The FCDO ministerial team is engaging counterparts across the world to ensure we deliver on the Glasgow Climate Pact. We are urging all finance providers to meet the $100 billion a year goal as soon as possible, ensure this finance is accessible, including to those countries suffering most from the effects of climate change, and set out clear commitments by COP27 to collectively double adaptation finance from 2019 levels by 2025.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 30/06/2022 16:30:11 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1404700

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to establish a process to discuss finance for loss and damage due to climate change in developing countries.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL5554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>The UK is committed to supporting efforts to assist developing countries avert, minimise and address loss and damage.</p><p>As COP26 Presidency, the UK will work with the incoming Egyptian Presidency for COP27 and UNFCCC Subsidiary Body Chairs to follow up on the actions set out in the COP26 Decision text. This includes the Glasgow Dialogue which will discuss the arrangements for the funding of activities to avert, minimise and address loss and damage. As Presidency we will also be supporting the process to operationalise the Santiago Network, which will catalyse and deliver technical support to enable countries to cope with the impacts of climate change.</p><p>We are also taking action through our International Climate Finance (ICF) - which will total £11.6 billion over the next 5 years, with an extra £1bn in if fiscal conditions allow - as well as through broader humanitarian assistance. Between 2016 and 2019, the UK spent £2 billion of ICF on adaptation and investments in areas needed to address loss and damage, including around £202 million on humanitarian assistance directly linked to climate change and building resilience to it, and £115 million on financial protection and risk management.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park grouped question UIN HL5555 HL5556 HL5557 question first answered 25/01/2022 12:05:56 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover