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- Ed Miliband says Labour will honour pledge of £11.6bn in overseas climate aid Sat, 27 Jul 24, 2:14amEnergy secretary seeks to reestablish UK as a global leader on the climate crisis with meeting of Cop presidents
- Alok Sharma condemns government’s oil and gas bill as vote passes first hurdle Tue, 23 Jan 24, 9:14amFormer Cop26 president abstains from vote saying bill breaks UK’s promise to phase out fossil fuels
- Oil and gas bill breaks UK’s promise to phase out fossil fuels, Alok Sharma says Tue, 23 Jan 24, 6:26amFormer Cop26 president criticises the government’s push to ‘max out’ the North Sea
- Alok Sharma: I won’t back UK government’s oil and gas bill Mon, 8 Jan 24, 7:31pmFormer Cop26 chair says bill reinforces ‘unfortunate perception about UK rowing back from climate action’
- Rishi Sunak’s woes mount with oil bill rebellion, byelections and asylum row Sun, 7 Jan 24, 5:00pmParliament returns for election year with a resignation over North Sea drilling and a fight over the Tories’ Rwanda plan
- Sharma: onshore windfarms in England need ‘much more permissive planning regime’ Tue, 5 Sep 23, 7:52pmFormer Cop26 president says political parties not tackling climate crisis will pay heavy price at polls
- Sunak set to end ban on new onshore windfarms in face of Tory rebellion Wed, 7 Dec 22, 6:31amDeal reached that paves way for communities in England to authorise projects without unanimous support
- Cumbria coalmine plan is ‘backward step’, says Alok Sharma Sun, 4 Dec 22, 4:46amTory party’s most respected figure on climate says mine will damage UK’s international reputation as well as environment
- Cumbria coalmine plan is ‘backward step’, says government climate expert Sat, 3 Dec 22, 11:27pmAlok Sharma says the mine will damage the UK’s international reputation as well as the environment
- Alok Sharma backs bid to lift ban on onshore windfarms in England Sun, 27 Nov 22, 4:04amTory MP becomes latest member of party to get behind push to drop moratorium imposed in 2014
- India’s Net Zero Pledge: What Does It Really Mean? Sat, 4 Dec 21, 5:00am“It is how much carbon you are going to put in the atmosphere before reaching net-zero that is more important,”
- India criticised over coal at Cop26 – but real villain was climate injustice Mon, 15 Nov 21, 3:23amExperts say country’s watering down of fossil fuel pledge reflected its lack of choices
- Cop26 pledges could limit warming to 1.8C, says energy agency boss Fri, 5 Nov 21, 6:29amFaith Birol says ‘big step forward’ is possible only if all commitments are implemented in full
- UK Energy Secretary Appeals for Faith Leaders to Save COP26 Wed, 6 Oct 21, 12:00amCOP26 President Alok Sharma has thanked 40 faith leaders for presenting a commitment to promote a voluntary permanent climate lockdown, in the form of "Encouraging our communities to embrace simple and sustainable lifestyles...
- The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s oily politics: not-so-slick green policies | Editorial Mon, 16 Aug 21, 2:15amHow can Britain can persuade other countries to ditch fossil fuels when it won’t do so itself?