Ministerial statement on Monday, 13 December 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Marland.

Climate Change: Cancun

Lords statement on the outcome of the United Nations climate change conference in Cancun.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 723 c436-46
Session: 2010-12
Department: Department of Energy and Climate Change
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Climate Change
Monday, 20 December 2010
Written questions
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale | 723 c442-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the Statement and the outcome at Cancun, but I particularly welcome the Governme...; Lord Marland | 723 c443 (Link to this contribution) I, too, pay tribute to the input from the National Assemblies for the great work that they have done...; Bishop of Chester | 723 c443 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Statement acknowledges that levels of emissions of carbon dioxide continue to rise, de...; Lord Prescott | 723 c443-4 (Link to this contribution) I attended the Kyoto conference and those at Cancun and Copenhagen. The atmosphere and organisation ...; Lord Marland | 723 c444 (Link to this contribution) No one has done more for these conferences than the noble Lord, Lord Prescott. In fact, the Secretar...; Lord Howard of Lympne | 723 c444 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend and the Government on their Statement. As someone who had t...; Lord Eden of Winton | 723 c444 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, while acknowledging that getting so many nations to agree—; Lord Marland | 723 c444-5 (Link to this contribution) Again, I should like to pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Howard who was instrumental in persuadin...; Lord Eden of Winton | 723 c445 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in view of the critical importance of rain forests in the general effort to achieve the ob...; Lord Marland | 723 c445 (Link to this contribution) It is absolutely fundamental that the Brazilians and the Congo Government associated themselves with...; Earl Attlee | 723 c445 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have plenty of time. I suggest that we hear the noble Lord, Lord Soley, followed by the...; Lord Soley | 723 c445 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, although this is a moment on which we can congratulate the Government and the other Govern...; Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 723 c445 (Link to this contribution) My Lords—; Lord Marland | 723 c446 (Link to this contribution) I cannot respond to the question of how many people were in Cancun. I am afraid that I am not the ar...; Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 723 c445 (Link to this contribution) I should like to raise two matters. First, there are varying estimates as to the number of people wh...; Lord Marland | 723 c445 (Link to this contribution) I totally agree with the noble Lord. The encouraging thing about Cancun is that it reverses the tren...; Baroness Smith of Basildon | 723 c439-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we on this side welcome today’s Oral Statement on the outcome of the climate change confer...; Lord Marland | 723 c436-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement on the outcome of the United N...; Lord Marland | 723 c442 (Link to this contribution) As I think the noble Baroness said, there are a few cynics in the House, although they might claim t...; Lord Lawson of Blaby | 723 c442 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join my noble friend in his satisfaction with an outcome that binds no country to anythi...; Lord Marland | 723 c442 (Link to this contribution) A legally binding agreement is very difficult to achieve, as we have seen from Copenhagen and Cancun...; Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 723 c441-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister accept congratulations on the Government’s input into this conference an...; Lord Marland | 723 c441 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with my noble friend. I have always kept my expectations low throughout my life; i...; Lord Teverson | 723 c441 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that the contrast between this year and last year has been absolutely excellent, a...; Lord Howard of Lympne | 723 c444 (Link to this contribution) My Lords—; Lord Marland | 723 c440-1 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness for her charitable remarks. It is gratifying to see such harmony among ou...; Lord Marland | 723 c443 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right reverend Prelate for that. Unfortunately, I do not have my charts in front of me, ...; Lord Soley | 723 c445 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful. I rarely insist, but I was right this time. Although it is right that we congrat...
Subjects: Climate change Developing countries International assistance International cooperation Forestry Pollution control Monitoring United Nations Climate Change Convention Conferences Greenhouse gas emissions
Contains statistics: Yes
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Climate Change: Cancun

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