COP27: Rishi Sunak must not turn his back on progress

Responding to the news that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will not attend COP27, Leader of the Liberal Democrats and former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Davey MP said:

“Rishi Sunak does not speak for the British people by refusing to take climate change seriously. He has failed to rule out a new ban on onshore wind, failed to help households  make their homes warmer and is now failing to attend the COP summit.

"It flies in the face of the UK's proud tradition of leading the world in our response to the climate change. As energy prices continue to spiral, now is the time to be committing to renewable energy harder and faster than ever before. We cannot allow the damaging effects of climate change to be passed onto our children."

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