In the Lords

COP26 will seek to address the steps needed to reduce emissions in line with the Paris Agreement.

We have committed to fully fund all new burdens on local authorities arising from the Environment Bill in order to make our ambition a reali

In the 2018 Resources and Waste Strategy we set out our ambitions of doubling resource productivity and eliminating avoidable waste by 2050.

Countries need reliable and sustainable supplies of energy if they are to tackle poverty effectively by growing their economies, creating jo

My Lords, my department has not made an independent assessment of the relationship between the emergence of pandemics and environmental degr

My Lords, there is no doubt that increased risk of pandemics is just one of the many reasons why continued destruction of the natural world

My Lords, whatever action is taken, it is likely that the global population will be in the region of 10 billion within a generation, so it i

My Lords, the noble Lord makes an extremely important point. I agree with him; the environment is not a niche concern.

I can absolutely provide that reassurance—not just through the COP 26, which we are hosting, but via the biodiversity convention and the G7.

The natural world and climate change should certainly be a thread that runs through the educational curriculum, and I think increasingly it