Energy Secretary convenes COP leaders past, present and future to offer UK support and leadership in responding to the climate crisis
皇冠体育app Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero met with COP leaders in London to discuss the need for greater urgency in tackling the climate crisis.
On Friday 26 July, the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero met with the Rt Hon Sir Alok Sharma, President for COP 26, HE Mukhtar Babayev, COP29 President Designate and HE Ana Toni, National Secretary for Climate Change from Brazil as COP 30 Presidency. This was part of a visit that included a roundtable with His Majesty King Charles III to discuss the need for greater urgency in tackling the climate crisis.聽
皇冠体育app Secretary of State welcomed the outcomes achieved through the UAE consensus, including the historic agreement to transition away from fossil fuels, and offered full support to Azerbaijan and Brazil for their upcoming COP 29 and COP 30 Presidencies. He underlined the UK鈥檚 determination to act as a global leader and reliable partner on climate action. Emphasising the importance of all countries, especially major emitters, taking action to implement the outcomes of the Global Stocktake and bringing forward 1.5掳C aligned Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) as soon as possible, he offered to share the UK鈥檚 experiences from COP 26 in supporting ambition in NDCs. He further emphasised the UK鈥檚 commitment to working together with all Parties to agree an ambitious New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance and accelerate the necessary reforms of the global financial architecture.鈥�
皇冠体育app Secretary of State underlined the importance of the UK鈥檚 renewed domestic leadership in encouraging ambitious action abroad. Climate and clean energy are at the heart of the new government鈥檚 agenda. 皇冠体育app UK is taking immediate action to unlock investment in onshore wind, begin a solar revolution, and setting out our plans for Great British Energy.聽
皇冠体育app Secretary of State expressed the UK鈥檚 utmost concern at the growing scale and severity of climate impacts around the world, especially in developing countries, and emphasised our full commitment to working with the Troika and all Parties in this critical decade to deliver increased ambition to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, keep 1.5掳C in reach and support the most vulnerable.