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Select Committee
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Sustain, Feedback, and British Egg Industry Council

Oral Evidence Feb. 27 2024

Inquiry: UK trade policy: food and agriculture
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: Last year we saw the impact of droughts and severe weather on the availability of winter vegetables

Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Environment Agency

Feb. 22 2024

Source Page: CW1 5NG, FCC Recycling (UK) Limited: environmental permit appeal - EPR/BS77221D/V010
Document: 2. Statement of Case - EA - Appendix 8 - Waste_classification_technical_guidance_WM3 (PDF)

Found: managing waters and waterways or of preventing floods or mitigating the effects of floods and droughts

Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Environment Agency

Feb. 22 2024

Source Page: DN22 8RB, FCC Recycling (UK) Limited: environmental permit appeal - EPR/NP3538MF/V010
Document: 2. Statement of Case - EA - Appendix 8 - Waste_classification_technical_guidance_WM3 (PDF)

Found: managing waters and waterways or of preventing floods or mitigating the effects of floods and droughts

Select Committee
Media Reform Coalition
 FON0029 - The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology

Written Evidence Feb. 21 2024

Inquiry: The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Communications and Digital Committee

Found: report, “the prevalence of news ‘droughts’ and ‘deserts’ across the UK is accompanied by continuing

Select Committee
Cabinet Office, Cabinet Office, Government Finance Function, Met Office, and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Oral Evidence Feb. 21 2024

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: There have been some major weather events recently: severe storms, high temperatures, droughts.

Select Committee
Cabinet Office, Cabinet Office, Government Finance Function, Met Office, and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Oral Evidence Feb. 21 2024

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: There have been some major weather events recently: severe storms, high temperatures, droughts.

Select Committee
Pension and Lifetime Savings Association, Association of Professional Pension Trustees, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, Universities Superannuation Scheme, ShareAction, Make My Money Matter, Pensions for Purpose, and UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association

Oral Evidence Feb. 21 2024

Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)

Found: that the productive economy takes place within buildings, so it does not take into account flooding, droughts

Select Committee
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Enders Analysis, and Public First

Oral Evidence Feb. 20 2024

Inquiry: The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Communications and Digital Committee

Found: News droughts is the other phrase that comes to mind. That is quite worrying now.

Written Question
Tigray: Droughts and Food Supply
Friday 9th February 2024

Asked by: Lyn Brown (Labour - West Ham)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an estimate of the number of people at risk of death from (a) hunger and (b) drought in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.

Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)

During my recent visit to Ethiopia, I saw firsthand the seriousness of the humanitarian situation in Tigray. Across northern Ethiopia, including Tigray, El Nino is causing drought that is affecting 4 million people. According to assessments from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, nearly 1.4 million in Tigray will need immediate emergency food assistance because of drought.

Select Committee
GNI (UK)
 REN0040 - Renewable Energy and Net Zero in Northern Ireland

Written Evidence Feb. 08 2024

Inquiry: Renewable Energy and Net Zero in Northern Ireland
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (Department: Northern Ireland Office)

Found: imports are not available, given that imports to GB are, “vulnerable to pan-European wind droughts