Climate Change

Baroness Hayman Excerpts
Tuesday 1st March 2022

(2 years, 8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Benyon Portrait Lord Benyon (Con)
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I entirely agree with my noble friend that it is predictable. It is another emerging technology and one that we are investing in with academia to try to see its development around our coast.

Baroness Hayman Portrait Baroness Hayman (CB)
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My Lords, the IPCC report yesterday made clear the overwhelming risks of humanitarian crises, food insecurity, flooding and other problems for some of the most exposed places in the world. What progress have we made in our ongoing presidency of COP in terms of global action on mitigation?

Lord Benyon Portrait Lord Benyon (Con)
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The noble Baroness is absolutely right. Climate change hurts the most vulnerable most. I have been in parts of world where I have seen the impact of climate change. I have seen the look on people’s faces as they have to move from one island to another because they can no longer survive on the island of their birth. We are determined to use our experience and our presidency of COP with our successors to make sure that we reflect the needs of the most vulnerable on this planet.