Alok Sharma speech to mark six months since COP26

COP26 President returns to Glasgow and urges world leaders to accelerate action on promises made in Glasgow Climate Pact

From:

Cabinet Office and The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP

Location:

Glasgow

Delivered on:

16 May 2022 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered)

“If you could stop climate tragedy unfolding further you would, wouldn’t you?”

That question, which we have just heard Emi Mahmoud ask so articulately, hung over COP26.

It was the question world leaders faced as they entered the plenary rooms.

It was the question negotiators grappled with through the nights.

The question to which the world was waiting for an answer.

And on the final day countries gave their response.

Here, at the SEC, they agreed the historic Glasgow Climate Pact.

This forges a path to a clean global future, it keeps alive the possibility of limiting the

Sainsbury’s to sponsor COP26 climate summit in Glasgow

Sainsbury’s joins SSE, Sky, Scottish Power, NatWest Group and National Grid as Principal Partners for UN climate change summit

From: Cabinet Office and The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP

• Sainsbury’s joins SSE, Sky, Scottish Power, NatWest Group and National Grid as Principal Partners for UN climate change summit COP26 in Glasgow
• Sainsbury’s has committed £1bn over 20 years to become net zero by 2040 and recently set science-based targets to reduce emissions across their value chain by 30% by 2030.
• UK businesses continue to show commitment in pushing forward climate action

Sainsbury’s has been announced as a new

COP26 President Alok Sharma welcomes Nepal’s positive action on climate change

Alok Sharma’s first visit to Nepal as COP26 President to see the effects of climate change on the Himalayan region

From:

Cabinet Office and The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP

• Alok Sharma’s first visit to Nepal as COP26 President to see the effects of climate change on the Himalayan region
• He met with Nepal’s Prime Minister Oli, President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, other government Ministers and officials, community leaders and civil society
• Supporting women’s voices in climate action ahead of COP26 was a key part of visit

The COP26 President Alok Sharma visited