Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Government's priorities are for the UN Secretary-General’s 2019 Climate Change summit.

The UN Climate Action Summit will be a critical moment for accelerating global climate ambition – cutting emissions, building resilience and mobilising finance – and the Government is fully committed to ensuring its success.

The UK is leading on resilience and adaptation with Egypt, and our ambition for the Summit is to send a clear political signal that we urgently need to act on climate risk. We aim to drive systemic change in the way the world plans and invests to secure food and water and reduce the impact of disaster. The international community needs to step up efforts to support vulnerable people and the planet to better prepare for and withstand climate shocks and stresses.