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1664000

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the reduction in the annual aid budget on the UK's ability to fulfill its commitment to support developing countries to tackle climate change, as announced on 21 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	201853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>We are delivering on our commitment to spend £11.6 billion International Climate Finance (ICF). The Written Ministerial Statement on International Climate Finance published on 17 October showed that we spent over £3.2 billion ICF in 2021/22 and 2022/23. It also sets out the trajectory of spend for the remaining three years of the pledge, providing all-important certainty and predictability for our developing country partners.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 23/10/2023 14:50:33 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1664001

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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 his Department has made an assessment of the impact of the Government's climate finance spending on climate vulnerable countries.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	201854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The recently published ICF Results (assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/651fb0a97309a1000db0a99e/UK_International-Climate-Finance_Results_2023_rev.pdf) report shows that more than a 100 million people in developing countries have been directly supported to adapt to the effects of climate change through UK International Climate Finance. In addition, almost 70 million people and over 250 institutions have been provided with improved access to clean energy. At COP27 the UK committed to triple its adaptation climate finance from £500 million in 2019 to £1.5 billion in 2025. The UK also committed to helping climate vulnerable countries to better access finance through a new approach being pioneered by the UK co-led Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 23/10/2023 14:49:49 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1664002

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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 Government's pledge to spend £11.6 billion on international climate finance between 2021 and 2026, what steps his Department plans to take to support the delivery of that pledge.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	201855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>We are delivering on our commitment to spend £11.6 billion International Climate Finance (ICF). The Written Ministerial Statement on International Climate Finance published on 17 October showed that we spent over £3.2 billion ICF in 2021/22 and 2022/23. It also sets out the trajectory of spend for the remaining three years of the pledge, providing all-important certainty and predictability for our developing country partners.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 23/10/2023 14:52:49 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1639347

registered interest
date	22/05/2023
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, if he will make it his policy to (a) scale up the £11.6 billion of climate finance pledged over five years to developing countries and (b) include funding modalities that are accessible to local civil society actors.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	186103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK is delivering on our commitment to spend £11.6 billion International Climate Finance (ICF) between financial year 2021/2022 and financial year 2025/2026, including £3 billion on development solutions that protect and restore nature. We are fully committed to ensuring that finance flows to the local level and are working on systems to increase local actors' role in development decision making. In addition, we have committed £100 million to delivering the aims and objectives of the Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance which includes bringing together bilateral and multilateral providers, climate funds and recipient countries to ensure that climate finance reaches where it's most urgently needed and supports the most vulnerable populations.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 31/05/2023 15:23:45 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

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