Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 110919

Coral Reefs: Nature Conservation

Tabled: 4 February 2026
Answered: 9 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Kevin Bonavia

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of coral bleaching; and what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle c

Answer

Emma Hardy
The impact of climate change and marine heatwaves on coral reefs is increasingly concerning. A network of global coral reef scientists under the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) confirmed the 4th global coral bleaching event in 2024. While we ca...

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