Select Committee · Environment and Climate Change Committee

Delivering COP26 across Government

Status: Closed Opened: 10 Jun 2021 Closed: 30 Mar 2022

COP26 is the twenty-sixth UN Climate Change conference. The UK holds the presidency of the event, which is due to take place in Glasgow in November 2021. This inquiry will explore what steps the Government is taking to ensure that all departments are embedding climate change considerations in their processes, developing climate-credible policies, and contributing … Show more

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions
Date Witnesses
10 Jan 2022 Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP · UNFCCC COP26 View ↗
14 Oct 2021 Peter Hill · Cabinet Office, The Rt Hon. the Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) View ↗

Who gave evidence

3 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Peter Hill · Chief Executive Officer Cabinet Office 1
Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP · President UNFCCC COP26 1
The Rt Hon. the Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park · Minister for Pacific and the Environment Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) 1

Correspondence

6 letters
DateDirectionTitle
30 Mar 2022 To cttee Letter from Baroness Parminter to the Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng 24 March 2022
30 Mar 2022 To cttee Letter from the Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng to Baroness Parminter 4 March 2022
16 Feb 2022 From cttee Letter to Secretary of State Kwasi Kwarteng - indicators in the Net Zero Strate…
10 Jan 2022 To cttee COP26 Letter from Alok Sharma
1 Nov 2021 From cttee Letter to Alok Sharma MP COP26 President-Designate
25 Oct 2021 From cttee Letter to the Leader of the House of Lords - COP26 Government Engagement

Meetings & visits

4 items
DateTypeDetail
26 Oct 2021 Formal meeting (private meeting) 11 Meeting · Virtual
19 Oct 2021 Formal meeting (private meeting) 10 Meeting · Virtual
20 Jul 2021 Formal meeting (private meeting) 8 Meeting · Virtual
13 Jul 2021 Formal meeting (private meeting) 7 Meeting · Virtual