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18 January 2023 - COP15: the international biodiversity conference - Oral evidence

Committees Environment and Climate Change Committee, Environmental Audit Committee
Inquiry COP15: the international biodiversity conference

Wednesday 18 January 2023

Start times: 10:00am (private) 10:00am (public)


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The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee and House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee will be hearing from Environment Secretary Therese Coffey and Foreign Office Minister Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on COP15, the international biodiversity conference.

Meeting details

At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Inquiry COP15: the international biodiversity conference

The Committees will be scrutinising the Government’s approach to COP15, and the outcomes of the meetings held in Montreal in December.

Members are expected to ask questions on a range of areas. Among the topics expected to be raised are the following:

  • The agreement reached at COP15 and its implementation;
  • Monitoring and enforcement, including targets for species in the UK and in the overseas territories;
  • Development of a domestic biodiversity strategy;
  • Domestic delivery of COP15 goals through Environment Act structures;
  • Finance and resources for implementation of COP15 goals;
  • The role of business in implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF);
  • The GBF and measures to reverse deforestation.

Location

Room 4A, Palace of Westminster

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