COP27 Outcomes
- Submitted by: Màiri McAllan, Clydesdale, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2022
- Motion reference: S6M-07093
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 06 December 2022
That the Parliament notes the outcome of COP27; recognises the ground-breaking global agreement to give formal recognition to the fact of loss and damage as a result of the climate crisis and to establish a fund under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), alongside other financial mechanisms, to provide support to those countries suffering loss and damage; commends the commitment of the Global South and campaigners over 30 years in arguing for such a fund; notes that the agreement at COP27 follows the commitment by the Scottish Government at COP26 of £2 million for loss and damage, making Scotland the first developed nation to recognise its obligations in this area; is disappointed that COP27 was unable to build on the progress made in Glasgow towards keeping 1.5 degrees alive, and failed to extend the language of the Glasgow pact on a phasedown of unabated coal-use to include other fossil fuels, despite support from the EU, USA, UK and others for doing so, and calls for a coalition of action to be built ahead of COP28 to secure greater progress in global efforts to tackle the climate crisis; welcomes the focus on human rights during COP27 and urges the Egyptian government to take firm action to ensure that human rights in Egypt are fully respected, protected and fulfilled; notes that COP15, the biodiversity COP, begins on 7 December 2022 in Montreal and that it is vitally important that nations reach an ambitious global agreement on the protection and restoration of nature, including reaching agreement on protecting 30% of land and seas by 2030, and welcomes the conclusion of the Edinburgh Process, which collated views from over 400 subnational governments, cities and local authorities, and resulted in nearly 300 signatories to the Edinburgh Declaration committed to take action for biodiversity.
Supported by:
Jenny Gilruth, Richard Lochhead, Michael Matheson, Lorna Slater
Vote
Result 92 for, 30 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote Vote Passed
Scottish National Party
- 59 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 5 did not vote
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- Adam, George
- Adam, Karen
- Adamson, Clare
- Allan, Dr Alasdair
- Arthur, Tom
- Beattie, Colin
- Brown, Keith
- Brown, Siobhian
- Callaghan, Stephanie
- Coffey, Willie
- Constance, Angela
- Dey, Graeme
- Don, Natalie
- Doris, Bob
- Dornan, James
- Dunbar, Jackie
- Ewing, Fergus
- Fairlie, Jim
- FitzPatrick, Joe
- Gibson, Kenneth
- Gilruth, Jenny
- Gougeon, Mairi
- Grahame, Christine
- Harper, Emma
- Haughey, Clare
- Hepburn, Jamie
- Hyslop, Fiona
- Kidd, Bill
- Lochhead, Richard
- MacDonald, Gordon
- MacGregor, Fulton
- Mackay, Rona
- Macpherson, Ben
- Maguire, Ruth
- Martin, Gillian
- Mason, John
- Matheson, Michael
- McAllan, Màiri
- McKee, Ivan
- McKelvie, Christina
- McLennan, Paul
- McMillan, Stuart
- McNair, Marie
- Minto, Jenni
- Nicoll, Audrey
- Regan, Ash
- Robertson, Angus
- Robison, Shona
- Roddick, Emma
- Somerville, Shirley-Anne
- Stevenson, Collette
- Stewart, Kevin
- Swinney, John
- Thomson, Michelle
- Todd, Maree
- Torrance, David
- Tweed, Evelyn
- Whitham, Elena
- Yousaf, Humza
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- 0 for
- 30 against
- 0 abstained
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- Balfour, Jeremy
- Briggs, Miles
- Burnett, Alexander
- Cameron, Donald
- Carlaw, Jackson
- Carson, Finlay
- Dowey, Sharon
- Findlay, Russell
- Fraser, Murdo
- Golden, Maurice
- Gosal, Pam
- Greene, Jamie
- Gulhane, Sandesh
- Halcro Johnston, Jamie
- Hamilton, Rachael
- Hoy, Craig
- Kerr, Liam
- Kerr, Stephen
- Lumsden, Douglas
- McCall, Roz
- Mountain, Edward
- Mundell, Oliver
- Ross, Douglas
- Simpson, Graham
- Smith, Liz
- Stewart, Alexander
- Webber, Sue
- Wells, Annie
- White, Tess
- Whittle, Brian
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Scottish Labour
- 22 for
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- Baillie, Jackie
- Baker, Claire
- Bibby, Neil
- Boyack, Sarah
- Choudhury, Foysol
- Clark, Katy
- Duncan-Glancy, Pam
- Grant, Rhoda
- Griffin, Mark
- Johnson, Daniel
- Lennon, Monica
- Leonard, Richard
- Marra, Michael
- McNeill, Pauline
- Mochan, Carol
- O'Kane, Paul
- Rowley, Alex
- Sarwar, Anas
- Smyth, Colin
- Sweeney, Paul
- Villalba, Mercedes
- Whitfield, Martin
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0Scottish Green Party
- 7 for
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- 0 abstained
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- Burgess, Ariane
- Chapman, Maggie
- Greer, Ross
- Harvie, Patrick
- Mackay, Gillian
- Ruskell, Mark
- Slater, Lorna
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0Scottish Liberal Democrats
- 4 for
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- 0 abstained
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0No Party Affiliation
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Defeated amendments
Submitted by: Colin Smyth, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, December 5, 2022
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Result 56 for, 66 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, December 5, 2022
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Result 31 for, 90 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote Vote Defeated