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Sustainable Development Goals: Climate Action

Wednesday 4 March 2020 · 1 question

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Answered 1 Partly answered 0 Not answered 0

Key points

  • Ministerial Questions took place on 2020-03-04 regarding Sustainable Development Goal 13 on climate action.
  • Drew Hendry from Inverness East, Nairn, Highlands and Islands questioned the Department's progress on climate finance.
  • The Minister disagreed with the notion that climate action is solely about finance and highlighted the UK's hosting of COP26 in Glasgow.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Drew Hendry SNP Inverness East, Nairn, Highlands and Islands
Climate
Context

The UK Government prioritizes climate action and has recently doubled its commitment to international climate finance.

Question

What recent progress her Department has made on meeting sustainable development goal 13 on climate action. Drawing climate finance solely from the 0.7% will not be sustainable as climate change takes its toll, and drawing from the aid budget will mean cuts for health, education and life-saving measures, so what plans does the Minister have to establish new and additional sources of climate finance?

Answer from Wendy Morton

I absolutely disagree with the hon. Gentleman. Finance is critical, but this is about more than just finance. The UK will be hosting COP26 this year in partnership with Italy and, as I am sure he is aware, this will be happening in Glasgow. Tackling climate change is about so much more than just finance; it cuts right across the work that we do in the Department for International Development.

Answered

Not addressed: Plans to establish new and additional sources of climate finance were not addressed.

How: Disagreed With Premise, Shifted Focus To Cop26

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