Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her European counterparts following the recent fires in Greece and Turkey on (a) the regional effects of climate change and (b) collaborative efforts to tackle climate change.

Working together on climate change is a shared priority for the UK, Greece and Turkey, as well as our other European counterparts. We welcome the emphasis Greece has given to tackling climate change, boosting green energy, legislating for net zero 2050, enacting an ambitious green, sustainable Recovery Plan and a phasing-out of coal-fired power stations. We look forward to welcoming Greece and Turkey as active partners at COP26 in November in Glasgow, along with our other global partners. We are developing a major green finance conference with Turkey to be held in 2022, designed to support the development of a green finance eco-system in Turkey in support of COP26 objectives. We have also been working with partners in France, Germany and Italy on collaborative initiatives to support Turkey's climate change efforts. In 2020/21 we have proposed a major trade and investment initiative in Turkey targeted at developing Turkey's 'Green Bond' market in the run up to the COP26 conference. We will continue to work with our partners on these important issues.