Asked by: Emma Dent Coad (Labour - Kensington)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
What recent discussions she has had with her Brazilian counterpart on ensuring that UK-Brazil trade does not adversely affect the preservation of the Amazon rainforest.
Answered by Conor Burns
With your permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to take question 8 and 12 together.
This Government is committed to protecting the world’s rainforests. During my recent visit to Brazil, I raised the UK’s commitment to environmental protection and offered support to Brazil in the transition to renewable energy and a lower carbon economy.
We are working in partnership with Brazil and through UK Government-led programmes, investing over £150 million of climate finance in forest programmes across the country.
I was delighted that on my return from Brazil in August, the PM announced an extra £10 million in the aftermath of recent fires.