Results 1-20 of 78 for climate change speaker:Douglas Alexander

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Copenhagen Summit (21 Oct 2009) has video

Douglas Alexander: Climate change today poses the greatest risk to the poorest countries. To achieve a fair and equitable outcome at Copenhagen, it is therefore essential that the most vulnerable countries have a voice in the decisions that are taken. The UK has provided considerable financial and technical support to developing country negotiators and civil society, helping them to prepare for and engage in...

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Copenhagen Summit (21 Oct 2009) has video

Douglas Alexander: ...Meles of Ethiopia, speaking up for and representing the interests of the African Union, but only last month I travelled to Bangladesh with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to ensure that he was fully apprised of the clear linkage between the need to tackle dangerous climate change and the need to tackle global poverty.

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Copenhagen Summit (21 Oct 2009) has video

Douglas Alexander: The General Affairs and External Relations Council has two sessions each year on development issues. Climate change was a focus of the May meeting, and we will again be looking at climate change in the November meeting, as well as ensuring that we are represented at these meetings. I take numerous opportunities to discuss the road to Copenhagen with my EU counterparts.

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Copenhagen Summit (21 Oct 2009) has video

Douglas Alexander: ...in recognising that there needs to be a genuine engagement with the developing countries. That was one of the reasons I recently travelled to India to engage with dialogue there on the issue of climate change. In relation to the 10:10 campaign, I can confirm that my Department has signed up to that campaign; that is a powerful signal of the continuing commitment of several of us to tackle...

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Copenhagen Summit (21 Oct 2009) has video

Douglas Alexander: My hon. Friend is right to recognise that there are intertwined challenges of dealing with dangerous climate change and with global poverty. Unless we are successful in Copenhagen in securing a global deal, then dangerous climate change threatens the attempt to make poverty history for millions of our fellow citizens around the world. That is why we have worked so hard to ensure that the...

Written Answers — International Development: Copenhagen Summit (21 Oct 2009)

Douglas Alexander: The General Affairs and External Relations Council has two sessions each year on development issues. Climate change was a focus of the May meeting and we will again be looking at climate change at the November meeting, as well as ensuring that we are represented at these meetings. I take numerous opportunities to discuss the road to Copenhagen with my EU counterparts.

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Building our Common Future (6 Jul 2009)

Douglas Alexander: ...the past decade thanks to sustained economic growth, reforming Governments, debt relief and increases in aid, much of that progress that we have seen is now imperilled. The global recession, the climate crisis and ongoing conflict and fragility in many countries threaten now to turn back the clock on the development gains made since the beginning of this century. The White Paper therefore...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Building our Common Future (6 Jul 2009)

Douglas Alexander: ...and dedicated staff, and I think that there is a consensus on both sides of the House that they are among the best of British and that they deserve our congratulations. Although the challenge of climate change is a key theme of the White Paper and we all recognise that recycling is a necessary part of responding to climate change, the hon. Gentleman will notice that we did not accept all...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Building our Common Future (6 Jul 2009)

Douglas Alexander: I thank the hon. Gentleman for his welcome endorsement of the themes of conflict and climate change in the White Paper, and indeed for his broad agreement, if that is not to prejudge the debate that I hope we can have in the months ahead on the themes that the White Paper sets out. I am happy to give the confirmation that he seeks that the focus of the Department will remain poverty...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Building our Common Future (6 Jul 2009)

Douglas Alexander: ...with Conservative Front Benchers, because, if I recollect properly, the leader of the Conservative party recently made a speech in which he said that the European Union had a key role to play in climate change and in tackling global poverty. However, I do not want to intrude on private grief. On the hon. Gentleman's substantive point, I agree that the European Union has a central role to...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Building our Common Future (6 Jul 2009)

Douglas Alexander: ...was privileged in taking seven busloads of my constituents to the streets of Edinburgh in our shared plea to make poverty history. Unless we now engage in the policy consequences and challenges of climate change, poverty will become the future for billions of our fellow citizens. That insight underpins the policy prescriptions of the White Paper.

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Development Agenda (24 Jun 2009) has video

Douglas Alexander: ...in L'Aquila and other international gatherings, we will continue to press the countries that made agreements at Gleneagles to meet the commitments that were made back in 2005. In relation to climate change, I assure the House that we recognise the importance of Europe's assuming a leadership role, as it did at the time of the Kyoto agreement. We also recognise, in the context of common but...

Written Ministerial Statements — International Development: World Bank (26 Feb 2009)

Douglas Alexander: .... The major issues that the bank has worked on during this period, and on which DFID has engaged are: The Food, Fuel and Financial Crises. International Development Association Replenishment. Climate Change and Sustainability. Making the Bank more Representative and Responsive. Governance and Fragile States. Human Development. Growth and Trade. Debt. In addition the report sets out UK...

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Overseas Projects (Joint Strategic Priorities) (17 Dec 2008) has video

Douglas Alexander: Whether in relation to international poverty reduction, conflict or climate change, the Department for International Development works closely with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and other Departments. We also co-operate closely in implementing our strategies and delivering our programmes, particularly in fragile states and insecure environments.

Written Answers — International Development: St Helena (17 Dec 2008)

Douglas Alexander: .... We anticipate that this pause will continue into the new year. This is to allow ongoing discussions, including on value for money of St. Helena access options; particularly in light of the changed economic climate.

Written Answers — International Development: Afghanistan: Climate Change (16 Dec 2008)

Douglas Alexander: The current DFID-funded climate change assessment for Afghanistan will assess the impact of forecast climate change, including the impact of drought on the domestic wheat harvest and its contribution to food insecurity, raise national and international awareness of the risks, and support the government of Afghanistan, donors, the private sector and NGOs in implementing policies to adapt to...

Written Answers — International Development: Climate Change: Conferences (24 Nov 2008)

Douglas Alexander: Officials from the Department for International Development (DFID) will be attending the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) talks in Poznan as members of the UK delegation. DFID officials jointly lead for the UK on adaptation policy and on climate financing. The UK will be represented at ministerial level by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed...

Royal Assent: International Aid Transparency (13 Nov 2008) has video

Douglas Alexander: ...at the United Nations in September, now would be the worst time to turn back. For, as he has stated many times, the global problems we face require global solutions. We cannot tackle dangerous climate change without involving Africa and developing countries. We cannot address pressure on resources and energy without involving Africa and developing countries. We cannot hope to feed the...

Royal Assent: International Aid Transparency (13 Nov 2008) has video

Douglas Alexander: ...to the international community of their continued commitment to international development. At the financing for development conference in Doha at the end of this month, donors should agree that changes to international financial regulations will not harm the interests of the poorest countries. All parties should reaffirm the commitments on aid effectiveness made in Accra. Donors should...

Written Ministerial Statements — International Development: Regional Development Strategy (Caribbean) (14 Oct 2008)

Douglas Alexander: ...development strategy for the Caribbean focuses on: growth, including seizing opportunities arising from the new trade agreements such as the EPA; and mitigating the risks to growth posed by climate change, which exacerbates natural disasters and affects communities dependent on tourism and fishing, and violent crime which costs lives and discourages investment.