Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions she has had with her Chinese counterpart on areas of cooperation on green growth.

My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change met the Chinese Special Representative on Climate Change Xie Zhenhua at the Major Economies Forum in Luxembourg in July and when she visited Beijing at the end of July. They agreed on the importance of getting an effective climate change agreement at the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties in December in Paris and agreed to work together for an ambitious outcome.

During her recent trip, the Secretary of State also met with Minister Bekri who leads China’s National Energy Administration and a number of other Chinese stakeholders from business and government where we discussed low carbon cooperation. The Secretary of State hopes to meet with Minister Bekri again shortly for further discussions.