Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent progress has been made towards reaching an international climate change agreement in Paris in 2015.

Progress is being made towards reaching an international climate change agreement in Paris and there is political will for a deal:

So far 60 countries (including all G7 countries) responsible for 62% of global emissions have submitted their emission reduction commitments;

G7 Leaders are committed to an ambitious climate package to be agreed in Paris and to the need for strong language on future ambition and a commitment to long term decarbonisation and;

Progress is being made on climate finance. Last week, I co-facilitated the finance discussions at the Paris Ministerial meetings and we made progress with other developed countries on how we count mobilised climate finance towards delivering the $100bn 2020 target.

I will continue to play a strong and constructive role leading up to and during the Paris COP.