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51 records in UK in 2022
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2022
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 16 December (HL3971), what assessment they have made of the cost to the UK of following the advice of (1) the IPCC, and (2) the World Climate Declaration; and over what per
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report entitled Advancing a rights-based approach to climate change resilience and migration in the Sahel, published on 16 November 2022 by the United N
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that (a) the fund for loss and damage agreed at COP27 (i) is operationalised in a timely way and (ii) follows the principle o
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will pledge bilateral finance for climate-related loss and damage prior to the fund under the UNFCCC becoming operation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of (a) loss and damage caused by climate change and (b) the wider humanitarian situation in East Afric
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2022
To ask the Chancellor for the Exchequer, whether he will commit to bringing forward a support package for local authorities to be able to adapt and protect communities against the impacts of climate change.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on whether it is the Government's negotiating position at COP27 that some commitments made at COP26 which have not yet been met
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made on the adequacy of (a) national policy and (b) regulatory frameworks on enabling (i) local, (ii) regional, (iii) national and (iv) devolved governments
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to provide a support package for local authorities to be able to adapt and protect communities against the impacts of climate change.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of national policy and regulatory frameworks at helping (a) local, (b) regional, (c) national and (d) devolved governments to (i) achie
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has to update the 2015 Conceptual Framework on Agriculture to incorporate the commitments the Government made on (a) the Koronivia Joint Work on Agr
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2022
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.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2022
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 25 November (HL3377), what evidence they have collected regarding the voting record of UK authorised fund managers in relation to climate-related resolutions at AG
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of the UK joining the Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability; and if she will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2022
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the World Climate Declaration.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 November 2022
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the creation of an international funding facility to combat climate change and respond to the loss and damage commitments made at COP27.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 November 2022
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy report, Readiness for storms ahead? Critical national infrastructure in an age of climate change, published on 27 October, what assessment
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2022
After COP26 we were able to say with credibility that we kept the pulse of 1.5C alive. We welcome the progress made at COP27, but there is no cause for complacency.We have seen progress since COP26 during our Presidency year and outstanding work is taking...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2022
My Right Honourable friend the Minister of State for Energy and Climate (Graham Stuart) has today made the following statement:After COP26 we were able to say with credibility that we kept the pulse of 1.5C alive. We welcome the progress made at COP27, bu...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times engines on Royal Navy ships have cut out due to rising sea temperatures in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what bilateral financial assistance his Department is providing to Pacific Island nations to help with mitigating the risk of climate change.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will provide increased funding for (a) scientific research into the climate and (b) investing in new technologies to help reduce climate change.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what priorities he will set for COP28.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2022
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the outcome of COP27; and what plans they have, if any, to address the issues raised at the conference.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2022
Today, I am making a number of announcements on biodiversity day at COP27. This builds on the leadership the UK has shown throughout our COP26 presidency. We brought nature to the heart of COP for the first time in Glasgow - with more than 140 world leade...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2022
My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Dr Thérèse Coffey) has made the following Statement.Today, I am making a number of announcements on biodiversity day at COP27. This builds on the leadership the UK ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Brazilian counterpart on Brazil's participation at COP27.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help increase representation for the British Overseas Territories at (a) the United Nations, (b) COP27 and (c) other global b
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress his Department has made dispersing the Government's commitment of £100 million to the Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 November 2022
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the source of increased funding for climate adaptation announced by the Prime Minister at COP27 on 7 November; and whether this funding will be taken from (1) the Overseas Aid Budget, or (2) the funding previously a
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 November 2022
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the UK’s $288 million (USD) reported shortfall in meeting funding requests from the Green Climate Fund.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Global Witness report that 636 fossil fuel lobbyists were granted access to COP27, whether the Government is taking to steps to help tackle the influence of
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 November 2022
To ask His Majesty's Government what evidence they have collected regarding the voting record of UK authorised fund managers and pension funds in relation to climate-related resolutions at AGMs.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to triple adaptation finance by 2025.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2022
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 cha
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help climate finance reach low-income communities vulnerable to climate change; and whether she has held discussions with her counterparts in high-income co
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report entitled the current state of scientific understanding of the non-CO2 effects of aviation on climate published in December 2018, what assessment he has made of the implications for
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Venezuelan counterpart on Nicolás Maduro's involvement at the COP27 Summit.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of progress of the Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance pilots in (a) Uganda, (b) Bangladesh and (c) Fiji.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) climate change and (b) planning, building and development on biodiversity.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has ringfenced spending on climate change mitigation and adaptation within the overseas development assistance budget for financial year 2022-23, at th
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in reference to the recommendation of the Committee on Climate Change, whether he will set a target to increase the UK’s hedgerow network by 40 per cent.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the £1.5 billion increase in the UK's climate finance pledge will be allocated from previously announced funding.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 November 2022
To ask His Majesty's Government further to the publication of Zero Hour’s Nature and Climate Declaration on 1 November, what steps are they taking (1) to reduce the full scope of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions reductions in line with limiting global he
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 November 2022
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to send letters to local authorities emphasising the importance of addressing climate change in all planning decisions.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to (a) support the call made by the UN Secretary General to double climate adaptation finance and (b) increase climate adaptation finance for pr
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to pay loss and damage reparations to developing countries due to the impact of climate change on those countries.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to (a) prioritise climate action in and (b) direct more climate finance to fragile contexts to achieve the priorities outlined in the Integrated
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to encourage other countries to set up a loss and damage fund at COP27.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UK government’s strategy for international development, published on 16 May 2022, if he will make it his policy to increase international climate financ