Wednesday 22 October,
14.30, Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Ahead of the COP30 climate conference in Brazil next month, MPs
will hold an evidence session exploring what the UK should be
looking to achieve.
Giving evidence to MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee is
Brazil's Ambassador to the UK, Antônio de Aguiar Patriota, who
will present Brazil's priorities for the summit and identify key
challenges that it has identified.
One of Brazil's priorities for the summit is to strengthen
Nationally Determined Contributions, individual countries'
climate plans. Members are likely to ask the Ambassador whether
Brazil is satisfied with those NDCs submitted so far, such as the
UK's, and how it will ensure that those NDCs currently overdue
are sufficiently ambitious.
They may also ask what specific commitments Brazil is looking to
achieve in areas such as forest protection and how it will help
to implement climate finance targets made at COP29.
MPs will also hear the views of the new Chair of the Climate
Change Committee, Nigel Topping, in his first appearance before a
Select Committee since being appointed to the role. Mr Topping
previously served as UN High Level Champion at COP26, held in
Glasgow in 2021.
MPs are likely to explore why COP conferences are important for
the UK, how it can demonstrate leadership at these summits,
particularly since the withdrawal of the United States, and
whether the UK's concrete financial contributions match its
ambitious targets.
Witnesses
From 14.30:
- Antônio de Aguiar Patriota, Brazilian Ambassador to the UK
From 15.15:
- Nigel Topping, Chair, Climate Change Committee
From 16.00:
- Tom Evans, Senior Associate, Global Solidarity Levies Task
Force Secretariat
- Clement Metivier, Senior International Advocacy Adviser,
WWF-UK
- Rachel Solomon , Executive Director, Aldersgate
Group
