Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Government Department is the policy lead for (a) climate mitigation and (b) climate adaptation in the British Overseas Territories.

The Overseas Territories Governments maintain the policy lead for climate mitigation and adaptation in their Territories. In the UK, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy lead on domestic climate mitigation and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is responsible for domestic climate adaptation. The UK Government is working in partnership with the Overseas Territories to address climate challenges, including through various funds, such as the Darwin Plus, which provides funding for environmental projects and the Blue Belt programme, which protects over 4 million square kilometres of ocean around the Overseas Territories.