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Ministerial statement on Monday, 12 December 2011, in the House of Commons, led by Chris Huhne.


Durban Climate Change Conference

Statement on the outcome of the Climate Change Conference in Durban, 28 November - 9 December 2011.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
537 c568-79 
Session
2010-12
Department
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Chris Huhne | 537 c577 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I should clarify that the $100 billion a year commitment relates to not only the green clima...
Rushanara Ali | 537 c577 (Link to this contribution) How much funding has the international community raised towards the $100 billion green climate fund ...
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Chris Huhne | 537 c577 (Link to this contribution) The key point on legally binding treaties is that they are not a sufficient condition for dealing wi...
Glyn Davies | 537 c577 (Link to this contribution) For a UN treaty on climate change to be meaningful and successful, all the major emitters in the wor...
Chris Huhne | 537 c576 (Link to this contribution) Progress is being made in that regard. The key is to ensure that appropriate progress is made at dif...
Mark Durkan | 537 c578 (Link to this contribution) I commend the Secretary of State for his statement and the ongoing work that it reflects. He mention...
Mike Weir | 537 c577-8 (Link to this contribution) There is a gap between promise and delivery not only on emissions, but—as often happens at internati...
Graham Stuart | 537 c578 (Link to this contribution) As president of GLOBE in the House of Commons, may I thank the Secretary of State for attending the ...
Chris Huhne | 537 c578 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I agree very much that the relationships that we are increasingly building with China and India...
Chris Huhne | 537 c575 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his interest in that area and the work he has done. The Congo ba...
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 537 c575 (Link to this contribution) I, too, congratulate the Secretary of State on the progress that has been made, particularly given t...
Chris Huhne | 537 c574 (Link to this contribution) Yes, Connie Hedegaard led the European Union efforts very ably, drawing on her experience in Danish ...
Chris Huhne | 537 c576 (Link to this contribution) The UNFCCC process provides numerous opportunities, including through the groups around it, such as ...
Jo Swinson | 537 c576 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my right hon. Friend and all those involved in the negotiations in Durban on a very w...
Chris Huhne | 537 c576 (Link to this contribution) The power of example is quite powerful, as the Minister of State and I have discovered. We have subs...
Mark Lazarowicz | 537 c576 (Link to this contribution) At the most recent Energy and Climate Change questions I expressed my concern about progress in the ...
Chris Huhne | 537 c575 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Lady for her question. Action is the most important ultimate benchmark of ...
Jeremy Lefroy | 537 c575 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend and his team for their work. What does he intend to do to encourage oth...
Andrew George | 537 c573 (Link to this contribution) Notwithstanding the answer that my right hon. Friend gave the right hon. Member for Don Valley (Caro...
Chris Huhne | 537 c573 (Link to this contribution) Let me answer the last part of that question first. The most encouraging thing is that we dealt with...
Barry Gardiner | 537 c573 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Secretary of State and his team on what was achieved at Durban. It was a vindicat...
Chris Huhne | 537 c573 (Link to this contribution) We have to determine the exact way we disburse money for the green climate fund. As I say, we will m...
Lord Whitehead | 537 c574 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Secretary of State on the outcome of a conference that was widely regarded as unl...
Speaker | 537 c574 (Link to this contribution) I gave a little latitude there, but I am not looking for an extension of the first statement.
Chris Huhne | 537 c574 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has made his position on other matters quite clear. On negotiations, from my expe...
Chris Huhne | 537 c571-2 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome the right hon. Lady's response. It is very valuable, when going into negotiation...
Tony Baldry | 537 c573 (Link to this contribution) May I offer my right hon. Friend many congratulations on what has been achieved? Does he agree that ...
Caroline Flint | 537 c569-71 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for early sight of his statement and join him in paying tribute to th...
Chris Huhne | 537 c568-9 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Speaker, I wish to make a statement on the outcomes of the United Nations climat...
Chris Huhne | 537 c579 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that point. He is absolutely right that the record that we inherited from...
David Mowat | 537 c579 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State will be aware that in the last year of the previous Government we were 25th o...
Chris Huhne | 537 c578-9 (Link to this contribution) The work programme will kick off, and it is up to the UNFCCC secretariat to arrange the details, but...
Caroline Lucas | 537 c575 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State talked about the importance of monitoring. Monitoring is important, but so is...
Chris Huhne | 537 c578 (Link to this contribution) I should make it clear that no one has contributed to the green climate fund so far, because it has ...
Subjects
Climate change Environment protection Pollution control Standards Treaties South Africa Carbon emissions Conferences
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