Minister Katie White faces questions on UK climate leadership
As the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero faces concerning budget reductions to help fund defence spending, the Committee will question Climate Minister Katie White on the implications for the UK’s priorities and global standing as a leader on climate action.
The Committee is holding a short inquiry into the UK’s role in international climate policy. In this second and final session, the Committee will seek to understand how the UK can build on and strengthen its climate leadership on the global stage in an increasingly challenging fiscal, economic and political environment.
Meeting details
International climate governance, and the way states engage with it, is changing, while the role of non-state actors is growing. The Committee will examine emerging proposals for reforms to the UN COP process and consider new forms of climate leadership, such as the “coalitions of the willing” that led the first global summit on phasing out fossil fuels that recently took place in Santa Marta, Colombia.
What does climate diplomacy really look like today, and what are the implications for state-led climate action?