VoteClimate: Foreign Affairs Council: Development - 13th December 2016

Foreign Affairs Council: Development - 13th December 2016

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Foreign Affairs Council: Development.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-12-13/debates/16121345000012/ForeignAffairsCouncilDevelopment

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (James Wharton)

Council conclusions on energy and development were agreed by the Council during a lunch discussion attended by Ministers and Maroš Šefcovic, Vice-President of the European Commission with responsibility for the energy union. Vice-President Šefcovic focused on the importance of improving linkages between energy and sustainable development. I emphasised the opportunity provided by enhanced private sector involvement in renewable energy investments.

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