Written question asked by Marquess of Lothian (Conservative) on Thursday, 27 April 2023, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 May 2023. It was answered by Lord Callanan (Conservative) on Monday, 15 May 2023 on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

Climate Change: Environment Protection

Question: To ask His Majesty's Government what action they intend to take, together with international partners, to address climate change in light of reports based on the Earth Energy Imbalance (EEI), that heat is now accumulating at a faster rate, causing the temperature of oceans to rise to record levels; and (2) whether this will include ‘concerted international efforts for climate change monitoring and community-based recommendations’ and ‘urgently needed actions for enabling continuity, archiving, rescuing, and calibrating efforts to assure improved and long-term monitoring capacity of the global climate observing system’ as called for by the study, Heat Stored In The Earth System 1960–2020: Where Does The Energy Go?

Answer: The UK is driving global climate ambition through its leadership in multilateral forums, including the UN COP process, G7 and G20 forums, as well as through its International Climate Finance commitments and diplomatic networks. The UK supports and contributes to the WMO’s Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) which assesses the status of global climate observations and participates in the Intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO) to improve the availability, access, and use of Earth observations.

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