Energy secretary says Britain must work on vital alliances with other countries following victory of climate-denier Trump
Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, with Cop29 president Mukhtar Babayev and Brazil’s national secretary for climate change, Ana Toni.Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, with Cop29 president Mukhtar Babayev and Brazil’s national secretary for climate change, Ana Toni.
“The only way to keep the British people secure today is by making Britain a clean-energy superpower, and the only way we protect future generations is by working with other countries to deliver climate action,” Miliband told the. “This government is committed to accelerating climate action precisely because it is by doing this that we protect our country, with energy security, lower bills, and good jobs.
Governments are now scrambling to save vital alliances that were led by the outgoing US president, Joe Biden, who made the climate a top priority of his term. At, governments are supposed to agree ways to bring global financial muscle to bear on the climate crisis.
Keir Starmer, who will spend nearly two days at the talks, is one of the few remaining leaders of the world’s biggest industrialised economies who will attend. He is expected to announce tough new targets for the UK to cut greenhouse gases, and a commitment to fulfil a pledge of £11.6bn in climate finance to poor countries, made under the Conservatives but left hanging in the balance by Rishi Sunak.
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