Results 1-20 of 47 for climate change speaker:Baroness Amos

European Council: 21-22 June 2007 (25 Jun 2007)

Baroness Amos: .... I do not agree with the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, that the outcome of these negotiations is a nothing. I would not dream of arguing that, nor would the Government. We wanted institutional change and we got it. The Prime Minister made it clear—not only in his Statement, but also in the run-up to these negotiations—that part of the reason why institutional change is so...

G8: 2007 Summit (11 Jun 2007)

Baroness Amos: My Lords, given what has happened at the last few G8 summits—initially the African leaders who had formed the NePAD initiative were included, and when the Prime Minister put climate change at the top of the Gleneagles agenda, China, India and others were invited, particularly in respect of climate change but also on trade—it is inconceivable that countries such as China and India...

G8: 2007 Summit (11 Jun 2007)

Baroness Amos: ...the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, for his positive comments about the role that the Prime Minister played at the summit. On his point about the lack of firm agreements, particularly with respect to climate change, it was not the place for that kind of firm agreement because the serious negotiations will start in December under the UN umbrella in Bali. We all hope that those negotiations...

G8: 2007 Summit (11 Jun 2007)

Baroness Amos: ..., in Germany. I pay tribute to Chancellor Merkel's outstanding chairmanship."The purpose of the summit was to take forward the agenda first established at the Gleneagles Summit of 2005 on climate change and Africa. "On climate change, the scale of the challenge, environmentally and politically, has been becoming clearer month by month. There is now a scientific consensus that the planet is...

World Bank (18 Apr 2007)

Baroness Amos: ...the three major issues that need to frame the World Bank's long-term strategy. He said that it needed to look at its structure, how it helped its members and how it would tackle issues regarding climate change and natural resource depletion.

Climate Change Bill: Joint Committee (27 Mar 2007)

Baroness Amos: ..., I beg to move the second Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. Moved, That it is expedient that a Joint Committee of Lords and Commons be appointed to consider and report on the draft Climate Change Bill presented to both Houses on 13 March 2007 (Cm 7040) and that the committee should report on the draft Bill by 13 July.—(Baroness Amos.) On Question, Motion agreed to;...

Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: EU: Development Ministers' Meeting (26 Mar 2007)

Baroness Amos: ...support for a proposed EU-Africa partnership on energy, stressing the vital role of energy for Africa's economic and social development. The UK noted the challenge that access, energy security and climate change represent to the developing world and the importance of Europe taking a global leadership in addressing this. The May Development Council will agree steps to improve the...

European Council: 8-9 March 2007 (12 Mar 2007)

Baroness Amos: ...to nuclear power in the conclusions refer to all member states with a civil nuclear capacity. With regard to the major developing countries, the noble Lord will know that Gleneagles, where climate change was at the top of our agenda, was a meeting of the G8+5, and that will continue at this year's G8 meeting. Of course those major developing countries need to be included in the discussion...

European Council: 8-9 March 2007 (12 Mar 2007)

Baroness Amos: ...an average for the European Union, which means that each member state will not necessarily make the same contribution. Of course, the United Kingdom has already made a strong contribution, and the Climate Change Bill, which will be published tomorrow, will propose a statutory aim of reducing United Kingdom CO2 emissions by 60 per cent by 2050. Are we referring to all renewable sources of...

European Council: 8-9 March 2007 (12 Mar 2007)

Baroness Amos: ...emissions by 2020 if this was part of a wider international agreement. Until last week no group of countries had committed itself to such deep reductions. This is a landmark decision. It will mean changes in all member states' domestic policies. "The Council also agreed on a binding commitment that renewable energy will comprise 20 per cent of overall EU energy consumption by 2020. The...

Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: EU: Development Ministers' Meeting (8 Mar 2007)

Baroness Amos: ...will be focused around presidency paper questions on how the EU and African partners can work together on energy security and access to energy, as well as on mitigating the negative effects of climate change. Division of labour (Aid Effectiveness): This discussion follows up agreement at the October 2006 GAERC. In its discussion paper, the presidency has asked three questions around how to...

Poverty and Governance (11 Jan 2007)

Baroness Amos: ...1997 and 2000 White Papers, and it sets out how we will deliver the promises that we made at Gleneagles. It explores some of the big challenges facing us at the start of the 21st century, such as climate change, corruption and conflict. We are all aware of the significant development challenges facing our world: poverty, child and maternal mortality, the impact of HIV and AIDS, and lack of...

Nuclear Deterrent (4 Dec 2006)

Baroness Amos: .... But none of them obscures or alters the fundamental political judgment at the crux of it. Britain has had an independent nuclear deterrent for the past half century. In that time the world has changed dramatically, not least in the collapse of the Soviet Union, the original context in which the deterrent was acquired. Given that this change has occurred, the question is whether it is...

Climate Change: Developing Countries (4 Dec 2006)

Baroness Amos: My Lords, the Government are committed to helping developing countries address climate change, as described in the 2006 DfID White Paper. Climate change concerns are by nature cross-sectoral and vary from country to country. We have no single statistic that reflects how our support addresses these concerns. However, we have committed more than £100 million over five years from 2005...

Climate Change: Developing Countries (4 Dec 2006)

Baroness Amos: ...water. We are committed to allocating 10 per cent of the funding provided in response to each natural disaster to prepare for and mitigate the impact of future disasters, including those related to climate change. The noble Baroness will know that, in addition, an element of the work we do on agriculture, infrastructure development and so forth, looks at sustainability, environmental and...

Climate Change: Developing Countries (4 Dec 2006)

Baroness Amos: My Lords, we can do a number of things. We can help in research and by demonstrating that tackling climate change does not necessarily mean that economic growth and competitiveness will lessen. In addition, we are mainstreaming climate into development activities in climate-sensitive sectors such as agriculture, water, health, infrastructure and energy to help developing countries adopt low...

Climate Change: Developing Countries (4 Dec 2006)

Baroness Amos: ...is an issue of global concern and one for future generations; it concerns the future of our children and grandchildren. We have to tackle this issue now. The Stern review makes the economics of climate change, and the economics of doing nothing, absolutely clear.

Climate Change: Developing Countries (4 Dec 2006)

Baroness Amos: ...for low-carbon development through the energy investment frameworks of the multilateral development banks. We are the lead donor supporting the ClimDev Africa programme to help Africa improve climate change information. We have committed £24 million for research into addressing climate change in development in Africa, and in addition we have committed a total of £20 million to...

Climate Change: Developing Countries (4 Dec 2006)

Baroness Amos: ...and at what we are doing, both individually and as a country, and we have to support efforts in the developing world to ensure that it has a sustainable economic growth which takes account of climate change and environmental sustainability.

EU Committee: EU and Africa (30 Nov 2006)

Baroness Amos: ...that torture and human rights abuses should not be tolerated, wherever they occur. On Zimbabwe, I agree with my noble friend Lord Hughes that African Governments and leaders must press harder for change in Zimbabwe, as it has a direct impact on the region and the continent more generally. We take every opportunity to raise this with African leaders, to encourage them to address the...