Results 1-20 of 134 for climate change speaker:Gareth Thomas

Written Answers — International Development: Overseas Aid (12 Nov 2009)

Gareth Thomas: The Department for International Development (DFID) supports poorer countries to investigate the effects of climate change both directly through a portfolio of centrally managed research programmes and indirectly through our country programmes. Research is carried out by external agencies in both the UK and developing countries. Though it is difficult to disaggregate the amount spent in...

Written Answers — International Development: Palm Oil: Sustainable Development (12 Nov 2009)

Gareth Thomas: ...and to keep policy makers informed of relevant developments abroad. In the last month, Ministers from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Energy and Climate Change have met with UK based businesses who are members of the RSPO and with international NGOs on forestry and palm oil. Engagement with these groups and other Governments will continue as...

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: East Africa (21 Oct 2009) has video

Gareth Thomas: ...that we have provided through in-country productive safety net programmes and humanitarian assistance. We continue to work with African leaders to make sure that their voices are also heard in the climate change negotiations that are under way at the moment, and which we desperately hope will lead to a new global deal to replace Kyoto.

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: East Africa (21 Oct 2009) has video

Gareth Thomas: ...to do all we can to help developing countries such as Ethiopia increase agricultural production. We are therefore increasing our research budget for the types of crops that can survive climate change and so prevent people needing emergency support. We also want to put further investment into the type of social protection schemes that are already making a difference and preventing people...

Written Answers — International Development: Overseas Aid: Climate Change (12 Oct 2009)

Gareth Thomas: The Department for International Development (DFID) has programmes tackling climate change in many of the countries in which we work, but we do not categorise aid according to adaptation or mitigation activities. DFID records whether a programme is contributing to the Departmental Strategic Objective 2 'to promote climate change mitigation and adaptation measures and ensure environmental...

Written Answers — International Development: Developing Countries: Forests (9 Sep 2009)

Gareth Thomas: ...tenure, policy and market reforms. £1.5 million to the National Forest Programme Facility over a three-year period. £1.5 million to PROFOR (Programme on Forests of the World Bank) over a three-year period. £1 million for work on an Economics of Climate Change Study and work on low carbon development in Brazil, some of which relates to forests.

Written Answers — International Development: Climate Change (10 Jun 2009)

Gareth Thomas: All Departments are actively involved in the cross-Government Adapting to Climate Change Programme, which aims to help society adapt to climate change. The role of the programme is to develop and provide a comprehensive evidence base including adaptation tools, to raise awareness of the need to adapt, to measure success and to work across Government at all levels to embed adaptation. Further...

Written Answers — International Development: Climate Change (10 Jun 2009)

Gareth Thomas: It is not currently possible to provide estimates of the potential costs and savings over the next three years. It has, however, been shown in the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change that timely and well-targeted climate adaptation measures will yield benefits in excess of their costs. In terms of the work of the Department for International Development (DFID), climate change will...

Written Answers — International Development: Developing Countries: Climate Change (18 May 2009)

Gareth Thomas: Information on the Department for International Development's (DFID) climate change policy and the steps being taken are available on the DFID website: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Global-Issues/How-we-fight-Poverty/Cl imate-and-Environment/Climate-Change/What-DFID-is-doing/

Written Answers — International Development: Forests: Conservation (29 Apr 2009)

Gareth Thomas: Incentives to developing countries to reduce deforestation will be negotiated at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention in Copenhagen in December 2009. In advance of international agreement on how to provide these incentives we need to help build the capacity of developing countries to reduce deforestation. Last December, the UK announced a contribution of up to...

Written Answers — International Development: Overseas Aid: Fossil Fuels (20 Apr 2009)

Gareth Thomas: In October 2008 the Governors of the World Bank agreed a new strategic framework for climate change and development that will integrate climate change adaptation and mitigation into its core activities. The framework sets out a series of considerations that will govern decisions on financing for new coal power projects. Details of these are available on the World Bank's web-site:...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Forests: Environment Protection (27 Mar 2009)

Gareth Thomas: ...forest tenure, policy and market reforms. £1.5 million to the National Forest Programme Facility over a three-year period. £1.5 million to PROFOR (Programme on Forests of the World Bank), over a three-year period. £1 million for work on an Economics of Climate Change Study and work low carbon development in Brazil, some of which relates to forests.