Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they propose to address the issue of climate adaptation for African agriculture at COP27, in order to further the Global Action Agenda on Transforming Agricultural Innovation launched in November 2021.

The UK made climate change adaptation a priority of our COP Presidency. Africa is in the frontline of climate change, facing drought and extreme weather patterns, despite only contributing a mere 3 per cent of global emissions. The Global Action Agenda on Transformation in Agriculture launched at COP26 has informed the development of the Agriculture Breakthrough goal and a set of actions for endorsing countries set out in The Breakthrough Agenda Report 2022. A set of priority actions will be launched on Agriculture and Adaptation day at COP27. The Agriculture Breakthrough will advance climate adaptation and mitigation globally, including for Africa.