Speeches by Onn.

“Is this almost rolling down of responsibilities, so that we are not just expecting it all to be delivered by Government, seen as positive?”

“I will stop you there because it was a yes or no answer and that rather exceeded a yes or no answer”

“Are we undermining ourselves at the moment? We can go out there and talk a good talk but if we are not incorporating adaptation that has been recommended or is required as part of the Climate Change Act, we are never going to be in a position of global leadership.”

“Carry on with your thought but, also, trying to slow it down, when we asked if we could go back to Kyoto-style agreements, is that in line with public opinion or does it force public opinion?”

“Thank you. We were talking a little bit about transparency and accountability and trying to strengthen that with corporate lobbying and policy engagement. Eliot, do you have any thoughts? Catherine, had you finished the things that you were thinking of? Do you want to try to finish that?”

“You did have 502 fewer meetings than the fossil fuel lobbyists.”

“We will have a little pivot to lobbying and climate lobbying. I wonder, Catherine, if I could direct the first question to you and then come to you, Eliot. We heard that corporate lobbying jeopardises ambitious climate actions in international negotiations and UK policy. How can we hold non-state actors accountable for…”

“Do you get the sense that in the UK there is an appetite or a willingness to move back to Kyoto level agreements?”

“We have referenced businesses, local authorities, civil societies, communities and so on. A growing number of these non-state actors have some responsibility nationally and internationally around climate actions. Is there a way that we can avoid any form of dilution or fragmentation?”

“Will that be enough to hold Government accountable to the commitments that they have made, everybody just getting along and playing nicely? Where you stand on the international ranking will be the only thing that pushes the envelope and keep you true to what you said you were going to do.”

“Carry on with your thought but, also, trying to slow it down, when we asked if we could go back to Kyoto-style agreements, is that in line with public opinion or does it force public opinion?”

“This is to everybody on the panel, so I will let you decide among yourselves who goes first. Do the UK NDCs strengthen or weaken the UK’s claim to be leading global climate policy?”

“Is this almost rolling down of responsibilities, so that we are not just expecting it all to be delivered by Government, seen as positive?”

“Does anyone on the panel have a particular view on what change could have the biggest impact on adaptation and resilience, given that challenges are very context specific and very localised?”

“In the active lobbying that has taken place, which is coming first? Chicken or egg? Public opinion or lobbying activity?”

“In your international experience, have you seen any national frameworks that would complement our climate or our priorities?”

“Dr Zhang, do you have any comment on that?”

“Are there any thoughts about how the Government should be held accountable for delivering on NDCs? You just mentioned the fair share. Is there more than can be done on targets? Is there anything that can be done with penalties?”

“This is a question for everybody on the panel, just looking a little bit more at climate adaptation and how that strengthens leadership. We heard from previous evidence sessions that global climate leadership needs to go beyond mitigation and emission reductions and really consider alternatives like climate adaptation,…”

“Are we undermining ourselves at the moment? We can go out there and talk a good talk but if we are not incorporating adaptation that has been recommended or is required as part of the Climate Change Act, we are never going to be in a position of global leadership.”