Question follow-through · 108876

Climate Change Convention: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the potential impact of the United States leaving the Paris Climate Agreement on the global, collective effort to lower fossil fuel emis

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
27 Jan 2026
Target answer date
29 Jan 2026
Answer
4 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the potential impact of the United States leaving the Paris Climate Agreement on the global, collective effort to lower fossil fuel emis

  2. 29 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    Decisions on participation in the Paris Agreement are for individual countries to make. The UK supports the UNFCCC and wants to see as many countries as possible participate. The UK will continue to work with all countries to tackle the urgency of the cli...

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