COP26 President Alok Sharma visits Egypt and Nigeria on climate change mission
COP26 President Designate, Alok Sharma, has concluded a four-day visit to Egypt and Nigeria as he continues to drive progress on Africa’s priorities for the climate crisis, including greater action for adaptation to the effects of climate damage and increased financing.
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15 February 2021
Alok Sharma visits Africa for second time in a month since taking on COP Presidency full time to drive forward climate priorities on the continent
Visit to Egypt and Nigeria saw Sharma encourage leaders to set out net zero targets and ambitious plans to decarbonise their economies by 2030
First published on Fri 5 Feb 2021 01.00 EST
Pressure is growing on the government over its support for a new coalmine in Cumbria, as the UK prepares to host the most important UN climate summit since the Paris agreement was signed in 2015.
Developing country experts, scientists, green campaigners and government advisers are increasingly concerned about the seeming contradiction of ministers backing the new mine – the UK’s first new deep coalmine in three decades, which will produce coking coal, mostly for export, until 2049 – while gathering support from world leaders for a fresh deal on the climate crisis.
The UK is to host the Cop26 UN climate summit in Glasgow in November, at which countries will be asked to sign up to long-term targets of net zero emissions by 2030, and to submit short-term national plans setting out reductions to their emissions between now and 2030.
Burning coal is a global problem : Green groups urge government to block Cumbrian coal mine
Environmental groups argue government s decision to frame coal mine as a local issue turns blind eye to global impacts of burning coal, as calls grow for government to intervene while it still can
The government is facing calls from a coalition of the UK s leading green groups for it to establish a public inquiry into plans for a new coal mine in Cumbria, just one day after renowned climate scientist.
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