Environment Secretary Therese Coffey has defended Rishi Sunak’s decision not to attend the Cop27 climate summit in Egypt saying it was not one of the “big political” summits.
Ms Coffey said it was “standard practice” for world leaders to attend the big political gatherings every five years, adding that the summits in between tended to focus on more detailed discussions.
“The big push happened last year in Glasgow,” she told Sky News, adding that she and other government ministers would be attending the summit in Egypt next month. “
Traditionally, the United Nations has required countries to submit climate targets every five years including ahead of the Glasgow summit last year where world leaders gathered to pledge how they would contribute to action on climate change.
However, as the climate crisis progresses more urgency and emphasis are being put on each annual summit with countries agreeing in Glasgow to update and strengthen their climate targets in 2022, rather than waiting another five years.
The United Nations warned on Thursday that the planet was headed for “catastrophe” as there is “no credible” pathway in place to rein in global temperature rise to 1.5C.
The rising importance of the annual meetings was put to Ms Coffey by Sky News, who responded that the summits have always been important, and acknowledged it was an important year for the environment.
Climate, she said, remained “very much a priority” for the new government, despite climate minister Graham Stuart and Cop26 President Alok Sharma being excluded from the Cabinet and Mr Sunak deciding not to attend Cop27.
It comes as President Joe Biden’s climate envoy John Kerry said he thought it would be “very powerful” if King Charles could attend the summit in Egypt.
Buckingham Palace confirmed earlier this month that the king would not attend the meeting after reports swirled that Liz Truss had advised him against going.
Unlike COP26, which was a huge grandstand for Boris Johnson.
Says the new environment secretary! Why is it okay for MPs to get roles in areas they have no expertise in and clearly don’t give a shit about. It would never happen in other professions.
Shocking! The woman who doesn’t give a shit about anything or anyone tells people she doesn’t give a shit about the environment.
Of course, Fishi wouldn’t attend. Probably got investments in companies killing the planet. But don’t worry the rich will blast off to another world after they’ve killed this planet and leave us poor folk to burn to death.
Never ever trust a Tory.
The worst thing about all of this is that Nadine Dorries is on Twitter taking JRM to task about how attending COP is absolutely vital given the current climate crisis.
I’m going back to bed.
If it’s not political, why was King Charles asked not to attend? Of course it’s political. Send David Attenborough then.
Oh no, we’re not flying the PM via private jet to a conference hosted by one of the world’s biggest oil producers that won’t even produce any concrete commitments.
There are myriad things to roast the Tories over an open fire for, this isn’t one of them.
Edit: Egypt is not a leading oil producer.
But also too much of a “big political” summit for the Tories to let the King go..
Gods I hate them all, anyone fancy a riot? Even with Priti’s fucking laws to stop it there are some things that just need a riot
No, it is just the future of the planet and its people we are talking about. Nothing major or anything like that. You can bet the Tories will complain loudly about climate migrants as time goes on, yet here they are doing all they can to ensure climate migration is a foregone conclusion.
Am I allowed to say I hate Coffey on this sub because the other politic related UK sub is a bit trigger happy in banning anyone… but yeah I really hate her
Why the fuck does that walking smoke bag still hold office is beyond me.
I had no idea she’d been given the post of environment secretary. What a joke. I had a modicum of hope when Rishi Sinak took over from Liz Truss. Well that was short lived. I bet she’s a climate change denier. How do these freaks even get into high places in government? The Tory party are like characters from The Munsters.
She’s correct…it’s only a summit on our current existential crisis ..move along, nothing to see here!!
2 ways to look at it.
1) He should go because he desperately needs to network
Or
2) He shouldn’t go because there is a lot of domestic issues and jetting off to Egypt for a lot of hand shaking are not good optics right now
Love how our environment minister openly doesn’t give a shit about the environment, really fills me with hope
Of course she doesn’t think it’s a big deal. The flaccid sow will be squeezed into a butter-greased coffin long before climate change ever has a chance to personally affect her.
‘Cop26’ is what it says when the cunt steps on the scales
Therese Coffey’s cabinet positions honestly seem to be a sort of running in-joke for the government at this point.
Okay so, what the fuck is even their line on this?
Beyond “it’s not politcal”, why on earth wouldn’t he *want* to go. I know the Tories don’t give 2 fucks but surely just for the show it’s worth it. It’s a fantastic photo op and they can pretend they actually care.
Basically why are they missing it, how does it serve them in any way?
No it’s not. It’s a big environmental summit.
If only we could send some sort of person who represents the UK on environmental matters, but I daresay such a person simply will never exist. Where could we find one?
Yes but she would probably defend hunting the homeless for sport.
“They are a lean alternative to beef. Not to mention it would cut down on the housing issue!”
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Environment Secretary Therese Coffey has defended Rishi Sunak’s decision not to attend the Cop27 climate summit in Egypt saying it was not one of the “big political” summits.
Ms Coffey said it was “standard practice” for world leaders to attend the big political gatherings every five years, adding that the summits in between tended to focus on more detailed discussions.
“The big push happened last year in Glasgow,” she told Sky News, adding that she and other government ministers would be attending the summit in Egypt next month. “
Traditionally, the United Nations has required countries to submit climate targets every five years including ahead of the Glasgow summit last year where world leaders gathered to pledge how they would contribute to action on climate change.
However, as the climate crisis progresses more urgency and emphasis are being put on each annual summit with countries agreeing in Glasgow to update and strengthen their climate targets in 2022, rather than waiting another five years.
The United Nations warned on Thursday that the planet was headed for “catastrophe” as there is “no credible” pathway in place to rein in global temperature rise to 1.5C.
The rising importance of the annual meetings was put to Ms Coffey by Sky News, who responded that the summits have always been important, and acknowledged it was an important year for the environment.
Climate, she said, remained “very much a priority” for the new government, despite climate minister Graham Stuart and Cop26 President Alok Sharma being excluded from the Cabinet and Mr Sunak deciding not to attend Cop27.
It comes as President Joe Biden’s climate envoy John Kerry said he thought it would be “very powerful” if King Charles could attend the summit in Egypt.
Buckingham Palace confirmed earlier this month that the king would not attend the meeting after reports swirled that Liz Truss had advised him against going.
Unlike COP26, which was a huge grandstand for Boris Johnson.
Says the new environment secretary! Why is it okay for MPs to get roles in areas they have no expertise in and clearly don’t give a shit about. It would never happen in other professions.
Shocking! The woman who doesn’t give a shit about anything or anyone tells people she doesn’t give a shit about the environment.
Of course, Fishi wouldn’t attend. Probably got investments in companies killing the planet. But don’t worry the rich will blast off to another world after they’ve killed this planet and leave us poor folk to burn to death.
Never ever trust a Tory.
The worst thing about all of this is that Nadine Dorries is on Twitter taking JRM to task about how attending COP is absolutely vital given the current climate crisis.
I’m going back to bed.
If it’s not political, why was King Charles asked not to attend? Of course it’s political. Send David Attenborough then.
Oh no, we’re not flying the PM via private jet to a conference hosted by one of the world’s biggest oil producers that won’t even produce any concrete commitments.
There are myriad things to roast the Tories over an open fire for, this isn’t one of them.
Edit: Egypt is not a leading oil producer.
But also too much of a “big political” summit for the Tories to let the King go..
Gods I hate them all, anyone fancy a riot? Even with Priti’s fucking laws to stop it there are some things that just need a riot
No, it is just the future of the planet and its people we are talking about. Nothing major or anything like that. You can bet the Tories will complain loudly about climate migrants as time goes on, yet here they are doing all they can to ensure climate migration is a foregone conclusion.
Am I allowed to say I hate Coffey on this sub because the other politic related UK sub is a bit trigger happy in banning anyone… but yeah I really hate her
Why the fuck does that walking smoke bag still hold office is beyond me.
I had no idea she’d been given the post of environment secretary. What a joke. I had a modicum of hope when Rishi Sinak took over from Liz Truss. Well that was short lived. I bet she’s a climate change denier. How do these freaks even get into high places in government? The Tory party are like characters from The Munsters.
She’s correct…it’s only a summit on our current existential crisis ..move along, nothing to see here!!
2 ways to look at it.
1) He should go because he desperately needs to network
Or
2) He shouldn’t go because there is a lot of domestic issues and jetting off to Egypt for a lot of hand shaking are not good optics right now
Love how our environment minister openly doesn’t give a shit about the environment, really fills me with hope
Of course she doesn’t think it’s a big deal. The flaccid sow will be squeezed into a butter-greased coffin long before climate change ever has a chance to personally affect her.
‘Cop26’ is what it says when the cunt steps on the scales
Therese Coffey’s cabinet positions honestly seem to be a sort of running in-joke for the government at this point.
Okay so, what the fuck is even their line on this?
Beyond “it’s not politcal”, why on earth wouldn’t he *want* to go. I know the Tories don’t give 2 fucks but surely just for the show it’s worth it. It’s a fantastic photo op and they can pretend they actually care.
Basically why are they missing it, how does it serve them in any way?
No it’s not. It’s a big environmental summit.
If only we could send some sort of person who represents the UK on environmental matters, but I daresay such a person simply will never exist. Where could we find one?
Yes but she would probably defend hunting the homeless for sport.
“They are a lean alternative to beef. Not to mention it would cut down on the housing issue!”