Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Climate change, development and COP26

Witnesses Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Minister for Pacific and the Environment at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)), and Vel Gnanendran (Climate and Environment Director at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Inquiry Climate change, development and COP26

Witnesses 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), and Dario Kenner (Lead analyst on Sustainable Economic Development at Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD))

Inquiry Climate change, development and COP26

Witnesses Laurie Lee (Chief Executive Officer at CARE International UK), and Nick Mabey (Chief Executive Officer at E3G)

Inquiry Climate change, development and COP26

Witnesses Ms Catherine Pettengell (Interim Director at Climate Action Network UK (CAN-UK)), and Marek Soanes (Researcher in Climate Finance and Climate Risk Management at International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED))

Inquiry Climate change, development and COP26

Witnesses 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), and 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)

Inquiry Climate change, development and COP26

Witnesses Suranjana Gupta (Special Advisor on Community Resilience at Huairou Commission), and Julius Ng’oma (National Coordinator at Civil Society Network on Climate Change (CISONECC))

Inquiry Climate change, development and COP26

Witnesses 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), and 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) (Ambassador for Climate Change – Antigua and Barbuda and Lead Negotiator on Climate Change of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS))

Inquiry Climate change, development and COP26

Witnesses Dr Lisa Schipper (Environmental Social Science Research Fellow at The Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford), and 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)