Committees

Climate change, development and COP26

Inquiry

Report and Government response published

The International Development Committee launched an inquiry examining, ahead of COP26 in November, the progress the Government has made putting climate change at the centre of aid policy.

The House Commons International Development Committee has called on the government to concentrate its international aid programmes tackling climate change on the everyday lives of people affected by it.

A report by the Committee said these efforts should support climate-vulnerable communities and grassroots organisations if “Global Britain”, in the government’s phrase, is to become the “force for good” it aspires to be. 

Read the Report: Global Britain in demand: UK climate action and international development around COP26

Read the Government Response: Global Britain in demand: UK climate action and international development around COP26

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Past events

Tuesday 20 July 2021
2:30pm Public
Climate change, development and COP26 - Oral evidence 20 July 2021
2:30pm
  • Dr Amal-Lee Amin (Director of Climate Change within the Value Creation Strategies team at CDC Group)
  • Colin Buckley (General Counsel and Head of External Relations at CDC Group)
  • Dario Kenner (Lead analyst on Sustainable Economic Development at Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD))
3:30pm
  • The Right Hon. the Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
  • Vel Gnanendran (Climate and Environment Director at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
Virtual meeting
Tuesday 6 July 2021
2:30pm Public
Climate change, development and COP26 - Oral evidence 6 July 2021
2:30pm
  • Eileen Mareina Cunningham, Active Observer representing the Civil Society, Indigenous Peoples and Local Community Network at the Green Climate Fund & Head of the Secretariat, Researcher and Advocacy Officer on Climate Finance, Indigenous Peoples Territories at the Center for the Autonomy and Development of Indigenous Peoples (CADPI)
  • Gebru Jember, Representative of the Least Developed Countries Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR) & Regional Lead for Climate Diplomacy and Measurement, Reporting and Verification at the Africa Office of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
3:10pm
  • Ms Catherine Pettengell (Interim Director at Climate Action Network UK (CAN-UK))
  • Marek Soanes (Researcher in Climate Finance and Climate Risk Management at International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED))
3:50pm
  • Laurie Lee (Chief Executive Officer at CARE International UK)
  • Nick Mabey (Chief Executive Officer at E3G)
Virtual meeting
Tuesday 22 June 2021
2:30pm Public
Climate change, development and COP26 - Oral evidence 22 June 2021
2:30pm
  • Dr Lisa Schipper (Environmental Social Science Research Fellow at The Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
  • Dr Alessandra Sgobbi (Co-Chair of the Adaptation Committee & Head of Sector at the Centre of Thematic Expertise for Connectivity, Agriculture, Environment and Regional Development, Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations at European Commission)
3:10pm
  • Cecília da Silva Bernardo (Representative of the Least Developed Countries Group & Director for Cooperation at Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Environment of the Republic of Angola)
  • H.E. Ms Diann Black-Layne, Ambassador for Climate Change – Antigua and Barbuda and Lead Negotiator on Climate Change of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
3:50pm
  • Suranjana Gupta (Special Advisor on Community Resilience at Huairou Commission)
  • Julius Ng’oma (National Coordinator at Civil Society Network on Climate Change (CISONECC))
Virtual meeting

Contact us

  • Email: indcom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 1223/3285 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 4984 (media enquiries)
  • Address: International Development Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA