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51 records in UK in 2018
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that the audit industry supports the assessment and disclosure of climate-related financial risk.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conclusions of the UN Conference of Parties 24.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the accuracy of the statement by the Mayor of London that there is a climate emergency.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Mayor of London's new climate change plan in response to what he has described as a climate emergency; what discussions they have had with him on that matter; and what steps they intend
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Brazilian counterpart on that country’s commitment to the Paris Climate Change Agreement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding they have allocated to tackle the impact of climate change on Africa in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government what outcome they are seeking to achieve from the 24th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention and Climate Change; and how they intend to take a leadership role in efforts to combat climate change internati
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to hosting the 24th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in London.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government plans to provide additional funding to tackle climate change in developing countries beyond the £5.8 billion allocated between 2016 and 2021.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations her Department plans to make on climate change at the UN COP24 Climate Change conference taking place in Katowice, 2-14 December 2018.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans the Government has to provide additional funding to tackle climate change in next year’s comprehensive spending review.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the US Administration on the Paris Agreement on climate change.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 November 2018
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on the UK hosting the conference of parties to that conve
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to maintain alignment with EU climate change policy after the UK leaves the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2018 to Question 189542, on Carbon Budgets: Climate Change, and with reference to the Committee on Climate Change’s assessment of the cost-ef
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies on (a) green energy subsidies and (b) taxes on fossil fuel emissions of the findings of the UN Intergo
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2018 to Question 186941 on Offshore Industry: Oil, and with reference to the October 2018 IPCC report recommendations on the reduction in emi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department recognises Taiwan’s efforts and contribution on combating climate change; and if his Department will support Taiwan’s participation as an observer in the 24th Sessi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what impact assessment his Department has undertaken on the consequences to the UK in the event that global temperature rises are not kept within the limits of climate accords.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the (a) IPCC’s report on global warming of 1.5 degrees and (b) the outlined scenarios in that repo
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2018 to Question 188095 on Emergencies: Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that defence infrastructure is not compromised by incidents related to climate chang
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2018 to Question 186934, whether the Committee on Climate Change's response to the IPCC report on global warming of 1.5 degrees will be permit
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 November 2018
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Governor of the Bank of England on the effect of climate change on the Bank’s ability to preserve macroeconomic stability.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 November 2018
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Governor of the Bank of England on managing the risk to the financial system posed by climate change.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 November 2018
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Governor of the Bank of England on the Bank’s role in mobilising finance for the low-carbon transition.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the long-term plans of each Department are able to react to the effects of climate change.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the risk of climate change to the food and farming sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the effects of climate change on the food and farming sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of climate change on GDP in the next four decades.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure UK defence readiness is not compromised by incidents related to climate change.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that it is ready to respond to potential emergency events caused by climate change.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) representations his Department has received and (b) assessment his Department has made since the publication of the IPCC report on global warming of 1.5 degrees on the po
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2018 to Question 181237 on Carbon budgets: Climate change, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the fourth and fifth carbon
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the compatibility between the Oil and Gas Authority's remit of maximising revenues from oil and gas recovery and (a) the Government's decarbonisatio
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how he plans to assess the effectiveness of his Department's implementation of the recommendations that are forthcoming from the Committee on Climate Change in their response to t
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 October 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the climate change policies of the government of the United States and their implications for the global effort to address climate change.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 October 2018
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons sustainable development goal (SDG) 13 has not been included in the list of SDGs that the Prosperity Fund focuses on.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 October 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to support communities in developing countries that are affected by climate change.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 October 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the UK meets sustainable development goal 13 on climate change.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 October 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to work with his counterparts from other countries to ensure that global temperatures do not exceed 1.5 degrees C.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 October 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of shale gas extraction on the UK’s ability to meet its climate change targets.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 October 2018
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what distributional analysis his Department has carried out on the exemption for mineralogical and metallurgical processes from the Climate Change Levy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 September 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the UK meets its commitments under the Paris Climate Change Agreement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 July 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of climate change on the prevalence of wildfires in the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 July 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to paragraph 108(d) of the White Paper, The future relationship between the UK and the EU, Cm 9593, which laws and rules on climate change will be included in the non-regression
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 July 2018
A Bill to establish the right to breathe clean air; to require the Secretary of State to achieve and maintain clean air in England and Wales; to involve Public Health England in setting and reviewing pollutants and their limits; to enhance the powers, duties and functions of the Environment Agency, the Committee on Climate Change, local authorities (including port authorities), the Civil Aviation Authority, Highways England, Historic England and Natural England in relation to air pollution; to establish a Citizens’ Commission for Clean Air with powers to institute or intervene in legal proceedings; to require the Secretary of State and the relevant national authorities to apply environmental principles in carrying out their duties under this Act and the clean air enactments; and for connected purposes
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 July 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which this year’s sustained period of dry weather is a symptom of climate change; and whether they will discuss climate change with the President of the United States during h
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2018 to Question 153707, on Climate Change Convention, whether his Department plans to make public the terms of reference for the advice sought f
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 June 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) regional climate change partnerships were funded by the Environment Agency’s Climate Ready Programme in 2015 and (b) regional climate change partnerships there were in 201