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The Government are an active proponent internationally of measures to reduce shipping emissions. The primary aim of such measures would be to reduce emissions, but they could in addition generate revenues which could be used for a variety of purposes, potentially including international climate finance.The Secretary of State has made no direct representations at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) or the G20 (Finance Ministers), as these are for the Secretary of State for Transport, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.In the G20, I understand the French presidency have held discussions on international climate finance among Finance Ministers, and Trevor Manuel, the South African National Planning Minister, has presented the findings of the UN Secretary General's High Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Finance (AGF) with UK Government support.The IMO Secretary General and the Secretary of State spoke in November 2010, given the Secretary of State's role as a member of the AGF. We also understand the Norwegian Government, as co-chair of the AGF, are presenting the findings to the IMO shortly. |