Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of climate change on population movements in (a) North Africa and (b) the Middle East.

The UK recognises how urgent and important it is to ensure countries most vulnerable to climate change, including those in the MENA region, are able to respond to the risks they face. The UK is fully committed to working with countries to deliver the commitments made in the Glasgow Climate Pact at COP26, including through the Glasgow-Sharm el Sheikh work programme, to deliver on the Global Goal on Adaptation; developed countries' commitment to double their collective provision of climate finance for adaptation to developing countries by 2025; and the Glasgow Dialogue on Loss and Damage. The UK is strengthening climate resilience and adaptive capacity in MENA by investing in green finance, regional water management and weather and information services which will reduce exposure to climate risks.