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1463081

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2022
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	Climate Change: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the President for COP26, whether he plans to advance the work of the Glasgow Dialogue Pact to support the creation of a loss and damage finance fund by COP27; and if he will take steps to advance efforts to mobilise finance from wealthy nations towards that fund.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	2646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The Glasgow Climate Pact (GCP) put in place a new Glasgow Dialogue that will discuss the arrangements for the funding of activities to avert, minimise and address loss and damage, but it did not agree to the creation of a loss and damage finance fund by COP27. The first dialogue will take place in June 2022, and further dialogues will take place every year to 2024. The GCP also noted existing funding for climate, disaster reduction and response is relevant to loss and damage.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to encourage donors to increase the attention given to loss and damage which was reiterated at the Ministerial meeting including over 40 governments, hosted by Denmark on 12th and 13th May and co-chaired by the UK and Egypt.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 24/05/2022 17:06:13 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1379604

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2021
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	UN Climate Conference 2021: Shell
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the President of COP26, for what reason Shell were not invited to COP26.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	76662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>As COP26 Presidency, we are working to encourage the innovation and commitment of everyone – people, business, countries, cities and regions – as we move the global economy to net zero emissions. This includes a wide range of energy companies.</p><p>The COP26 Presidency is working most closely with organisations that have strong climate credentials – that means companies which have committed to achieving net zero by 2050, have published a 5-10 year plan of action on how they will do this, and committed to Science Based Targets or joined the UN-backed Race to Zero.</p><p>Every country is responsible for choosing its own delegates and the UNFCCC was responsible for all accreditation to COP26.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/11/2021 17:18:57 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1380169

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2021
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	UN Climate Conference 2021
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the President of COP26, further to the Answer of 18 November 2021 to Question 71459, on UN Climate Conference 2021, if he will publish (a) the names of each of the 33 members of the Government who attended the COP26 Summit in Glasgow and (b) which 15 Government departments those attendees represented.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	78501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>Alongside the Prime Minister and COP President, 33 Ministers attended COP26 from 15 different Departments across Government. Please see list below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP</p></td><td><p>HMT</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP</p></td><td><p>FCDO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Ahmad</p></td><td><p>FCDO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rt Hon James Cleverly MP</p></td><td><p>FCDO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rt Hon Amanda Milling MP</p></td><td><p>FCDO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vicky Ford MP</p></td><td><p>FCDO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP</p></td><td><p>BEIS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rt Hon Greg Hands MP</p></td><td><p>BEIS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Callanan</p></td><td><p>BEIS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lee Rowley MP</p></td><td><p>BEIS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eddie Hughes MP</p></td><td><p>DLUHC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith</p></td><td><p>DEFRA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rt Hon George Eustice MP</p></td><td><p>DEFRA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rebecca Pow MP</p></td><td><p>DEFRA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jo Churchill MP</p></td><td><p>DEFRA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP</p></td><td><p>DfE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Barran</p></td><td><p>DfE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP</p></td><td><p>DfE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alex Burghart MP</p></td><td><p>DfE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP</p></td><td><p>DHSC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gillian Keegan MP</p></td><td><p>DHSC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trudy Harrison MP</p></td><td><p>DfT</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robert Courts MP</p></td><td><p>DfT</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP</p></td><td><p>DIT</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP</p></td><td><p>MoD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rt Hon Alister Jack MP</p></td><td><p>SO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rt Hon Simon Hart MP</p></td><td><p>WO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rt Hon Nadine Dorries MP</p></td><td><p>DCMS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wendy Morton MP</p></td><td><p>FCDO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>John Glen MP</p></td><td><p>HMT</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rt Hon Therese Coffey MP</p></td><td><p>DWP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Helen Whately MP</p></td><td><p>HMT</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP</p></td><td><p>CO</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 75126 question first answered 23/11/2021 10:53:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1385558

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2021
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	UN Climate Conference 2021
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the President of COP26, how many discussions he has had with foreign delegations since the closing of the COP26 summit to encourage signatories to implement the Glasgow Climate Pact in full.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	87584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2021 answer text <p>Since the COP26 summit, I have written to over 40 governments and have spoken to or met ministers from 19 countries, and continue to meet others. In these conversations, I have been thanking countries for their role in securing the Glasgow Climate Pact and encouraging them to implement its commitments as well as discussing how we work together to encourage all countries to deliver on the commitments made.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/12/2021 13:14:16 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1420970

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2022
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	COP26: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the President of COP26, how many meetings he had with his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser from (a) 1 March to 31 May 2021, (b) 1 June to 31 August 2021 and (c) 1 September to 30 November 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Tunbridge Wells
	tabling member printed	Greg Clark
	uin	120716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The Chief Scientific Adviser and his team attended COP26. The COP26 Unit draws from a range of scientific advice and expertise. In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal meetings are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/02/2022 18:08:36 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark

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

1464685

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2022
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the President of COP26, how many officials in his Department are working on COP26.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	5661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>There are around 120 civil servants currently working in the COP26 unit in the Cabinet Office. They are continuing to support the UK's COP Presidency, which runs until November 2022, and secure the legacy of the Glasgow Climate Pact.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/05/2022 13:12:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1416497

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2022
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	COP26: Convention on Biological Diversity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the President of COP26, how many staff in his Department have been assigned to work on the Convention of Biological Diversity; and how many Ministers in his Department plan to attend the conference from 25 April to 8 May 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	111518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity represents a historic opportunity to secure an agreement to ambitious global action over the next decade. The UK is committed to playing a leading role in developing an ambitious post-2020 global biodiversity framework to be adopted at COP15. The COP is due to take place in Kunming, China, later this year; though, due to the coronavirus pandemic, we expect a delay to the planned dates of 25 April to 8 May. Minister Goldsmith will head the UK delegation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the lead department for the Convention on Biological Diversity, working closely with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Cabinet Office. A core team is in place in DEFRA, drawing on expertise across DEFRA, its specialist arms-length bodies, working with other Government departments, civil society organisations and society at large. This includes working with the FCDO and our Posts across the diplomatic network, through which we are engaging host governments to support the delivery of our objectives. Nature is one of the key priorities in the UK’s COP26 Presidency, and so the Cabinet Office COP26 Unit is also supporting preparations for COP15 to ensure successful delivery of our COP26 objectives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 03/02/2022 17:56:17 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

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

1483460

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	Food Supply: International Cooperation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the President of COP26, if he will hold discussions with his international counterparts on the potential merits of prioritising discussion of food sustainability at COP27.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	25823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>To keep 1.5C within reach, we are engaging internationally to accelerate action on reducing agricultural carbon emissions while meeting the world’s growing need for food. At COP26 we held the Policy Dialogue on Accelerating Transition to Sustainable Agriculture bringing together 34 countries to catalyse efforts to deliver the global transformation in agriculture and land use by sharing their experiences and opportunities to deliver transformation through public policies and innovation. Following these discussions, we launched the Policy Action Agenda for Transition to Sustainable Food and Agriculture, endorsed by 16 countries, to set pathways and actions that countries can take to repurpose public policies and support to food and agriculture.</p><p> </p><p>At COP27, it will be for Egypt to determine their agenda. In the lead up to this transition, we continue to work closely with Egypt as the incoming Presidency and meet regularly to discuss our priority work areas, this includes delivering on the commitments made in Glasgow and how they can be built upon for COP27.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/07/2022 16:06:19 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord