Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to engage with the Climate Lobby in Westminster on 17 June 2015.

The ‘Speak Up for the Love of’ climate lobby on the 17 June will be a significant opportunity for people’s voices to be heard on the issue of climate change.

Campaigning matters – as seen through years of campaigning against apartheid, cancelling debt, Make Poverty History, and recent food campaigns, when people come together in the right spirit, change can happen.

I welcome next week’s climate lobby – MPs will be listening, and stand ready to act. My noble friend Lord Bourne and I will be engaging with civil society and businesses throughout the day to discuss the UK’s priorities for a climate deal in Paris.

Securing a global climate deal at the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference in Paris this year is vital to give a clear signal to businesses and investors that Governments are committed to delivering a global low carbon economy. I am pleased the G7 prioritised an ambitious climate package at this year’s Summit, including strong language on the need for a deal in Paris, finance and future ambition. On 10 June, I too, will reiterate the significance of an ambitious deal during debate of the Opposition Day motion on climate change at the House of Commons.