Question

To ask the President of COP26, what steps is he taking to ensure COP26 commitments are upheld by signatories.

At COP26, almost 200 countries agreed to the historic Glasgow Climate Pact which keeps alive the aim of limiting average global temperature rise to 1.5°C. Today, 90% of global GDP is covered by net zero pledges, up from 30% when the UK took on the COP Presidency, and 154 countries have submitted emissions reductions targets for 2030. Under the UK’s Presidency, 95% of the largest developed country climate finance providers made new commitments, with many doubling or even quadrupling their support for developing countries to take climate action.

The Paris Agreement made promises and now Glasgow’s legacy is focused on delivery. We will work closely with Egypt and the UAE, as incoming COP27 and COP28 Presidencies, with Germany and Indonesia, respectively G7 and G20 Presidencies, with the UNFCCC and other international organisations, to ensure commitments and agreements made at COP26 are built upon and delivered. We will use the full calendar of international events in 2022 to progress this work.