VoteClimate: Oral Answers to Questions - 8th July 2015

Oral Answers to Questions - 8th July 2015

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Oral Answers to Questions.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2015-07-08/debates/15070837000004/OralAnswersToQuestions

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD)

6. What steps she is taking to tackle the effects of climate change in developing countries. ( 900806 )

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The Minister of State, Department for International Development (Grant Shapps)

The UK Government are playing a leading role in tackling the effects of climate change in developing countries through the £3.87 billion international climate fund. The ICF focuses on reducing poverty by promoting low carbon growth, building resilience to the impacts of climate change and tackling deforestation.

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Tom Brake

Combating poverty and tackling climate change are two sides of the same coin, as the poorest are often those who are hit first and most harshly by climate change. What steps is the Minister taking to ensure environmental sustainability and combating climate change are fully integrated into all the relevant sustainable development goals?

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