{"value":{"id":1490657,"askingMemberId":4799,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-07-19T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-07-21T00:00:00","uin":"40011","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in the Chinese Government on cutting carbon emissions.","answeringBodyId":208,"answeringBodyName":"Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4454,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-07-26T00:00:00","answerText":"The Foreign Secretary spoke to her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi shortly before COP26 in Glasgow and pressed for China to submit an ambitious Chinese nationally determined contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ahead of the Summit. In March this year, the Prime Minister reiterated the importance of action and cooperation on climate change in his call with President Xi Jinping. COP President Alok Sharma has engaged regularly with China's Special Representative for Climate Change Affairs, Xie Zhenhua, most recently in a bilateral meeting in June, where they discussed progress in implementing our respective climate commitments. This included the Glasgow Climate Pact, and how to deliver further climate action and ambition ahead of COP27. The Minister for Pacific and the Environment, Lord Goldsmith, has also discussed climate and biodiversity issues with the Chinese Ambassador to the UK.","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"China: Carbon Emissions","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1490657","method":"GET"}]}