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While we in the West derided COP President’s Sultan Al Jaber’s outburst about going back to living in caves, in the Middle East that ain’t too far from the truth. The post Cop out? If/when the oil economy fades, so will the wealth and power of the region.
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Politics is politics - and you end up with all these weird things, like the Prime Minister's decision to have a minister on it," she says. It is a one-year thing, it only lasts as long as a COP. But I'm just really pleased. We are seeing real commitment and momentum that was really needed.".
“I am excited they will join our efforts to promote cost-effective climate solutions that ensure equitably distributed decarbonization benefits, build new economic opportunities, and work across political lines.”. plays a leadership role tackling the climate crisis at home.
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degrees C target was initially established as a target in Paris in 2015 after a push by developing nations at a previous COP, to bring attention to the fact that global warming does not impact all nations equally. For context, it has taken the world more than a century to warm a little more than 1 degree C, according to NASA.
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Former Environment Minister Rebecca Pow returned to Defra as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, after stepping down amidst the summer's political chaos, while Lord Benyon was promoted to Minister of State at the department.
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The role of the fossil fuel industry in driving climate change, and distorting politics in their favour, deserves rigorous and sustained scrutiny from the public and governments alike,” Sam Chetan Welsh, political campaigner for Greenpeace UK, said.
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