
ALOK
SHARMA - CONSERVATIVE MP READING
COP26: JULY 22 - PRESIDENT ALOK SHARMA - CHAIR
The
Pacific-UK High Level Climate Dialogue brought together Pacific Islands
Leaders with the COP26 President Designate in an important milestone
ahead of COP26 in Glasgow this November. This event, delivered in
collaboration with Wilton Park and One CROP (Pacific Islands Forum
Secretariat, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
and the Pacific Community), built on previous engagement with the region
on climate
change, and provided a unique opportunity for Pacific Island
Leaders and the COP President to engage in open and frank discussion
ahead of COP26.
Leaders from Fiji, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Tuvalu, Niue, the
Republic of the Marshall Islands, Ministers from Nauru, Cook Islands,
Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, the CEO of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Samoa, youth leader Gladys Habu, the Secretary General of the Pacific
Island Forum, Directors General from the Pacific Regional Environment
Programme, the Pacific Community and the Forum Fisheries Agency attended
the event.
DOUBLE
STANDARDS - Greenpeace has threatened to take the
Conservative government to court if it approves drilling at a new oil field in Scotland.
Where most would imagine that leading by example would be the order of
the day in all matters leading up to Cop26, ministers are considering green-lighting the gas and oil project at Cambo, a North
Atlantic site west of Shetland. No matter how you cut it, if this application gets the go ahead, how will the UK be able to hold its head up high when seeking to persuade India and China to stop burning
coal.
It's like the ongoing grants of permission for houses that add to
climate chaos, where councils are investing ratepayer's dollars in oil,
instead of renewables. CIL payments are not going to the Community
as Infrastructure Levies, they are (it is alleged) being used to
make up the shortfall in pension plans for council employees. We agree
with Greenpeace,
this should be the subject of a Judicial Review or Public Inquiry.
GROUNDS - In a climate emergency, any
government serious about meeting the Paris 1.5 degree target, without a
definite plan as to how to achieve that goal, should not be pursuing
fossil fuel agendas, that can only add to the problem, contrary to the
principles of sustainability and circularity. This is especially so
where the UK is one country with wind energy from coastal advantage,
that is under exploited. For example, development of hydrogen fuels from
renewable energy and distribution infrastructure, is more appropriate.
The only argument in favour of drilling for offshore oil, is where there
is no alternative. It may be that the country is in debt, but that is
because it has been pursuing policies that are unsustainable - such as
exploiting reserves, just for the sake of taxation.
Over 190 world leaders are expected to attend the conference in Glasgow, where they will be joined by government representatives, businesses, non-profit organisations and citizens for 12 days of climate
talks, that many now think will flop miserably without commitment from
China, Russia, USA, India and Australia's coal mogul, Scott Morrison.
Never have we hoped so much to be proven wrong, but it is 6 years since
the 2015 Paris Agreement, and nobody is committing. In fact they are all
backpedaling. It is time for a serious trade war, blocking cheap imports
from China, a nation selling the West goods made from coal-fired
generating stations. Are we mad! Why are we buying goods that are
heating the planet? These are not cheap goods. They extremely expensive,
because they are killing life
on earth.
FOSSIL
FOOLS - Geriatric politicians with 'climate-senile' policies will
find in difficult to break away from their corrupt ways, as part time
politicians with two jobs. Their main job being to find paid consultancy
work, rather than craft policies and create statute that works to
protect our voters from lung
cancer, energy shortages and a lack of affordable (sustainable)
housing.
The
'zerophobics' are the undertakers of the political world, sending
millions of ordinary people to an early grave, while loading us with NHS,
hospital and staff costs that would not be needed if we had clean air in
our cities.
Basically,
the longer you are in politics, the more likely you are to be exposed to
bribes, from climate
deniers, mostly fossil fuel and energy companies, looking to keep on
pumping toxic fumes into the atmosphere, so they can keep making money.
The political undertakers are working with them to keep hospitals
stocked with cancer victims. They are blood sucking vampires, draining
what little you had saved for your retirement.

Amongst the discussion points of the summit, there are some fundamental goals that the UK will strive to achieve. These include:
- securing global Net Zero emissions by the middle of the century and continuing to strive towards limiting
global warming to a maximum of 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels;
- the deployment of adaptation measures to protect vulnerable communities and natural habitats from the impacts of
climate change;
- the mobilisation of financial aid by developed countries to achieve global Net Zero; and
- acceleration of collaborations between governments, business and society in order to achieve ambitious climate goals.
PRESIDENT
- Alok Sharma is presiding at the United Nations COP26
event in Glasgow,
Scotland in 2021, from the event postponed in 2020. This event is in
partnership with Italy from October 31st to November 12th. The Queen has
now cried off what many are already calling FLOP26,
leaving Mr Sharma is a tricky position, where his own government are
doing a lot of talking (as usual) with very little action to show for
it. Hot air is wonderful stuff to get elected on Brexit promises, but
then it pays to have some kind of plan to make those promises come true.
The electorate have been rather badly let down.
1995
COP 1, BERLIN, GERMANY
1996
COP 2, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1997
COP 3, KYOTO, JAPAN
1998
COP 4, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
1999
COP 5, BONN, GERMANY
2000:COP
6, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
2001
COP 7, MARRAKECH, MOROCCO
2002
COP 8, NEW DELHI, INDIA
2003
COP 9, MILAN, ITALY
2004
COP 10, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
2005
COP 11/CMP 1, MONTREAL, CANADA
2006
COP 12/CMP 2, NAIROBI, KENYA
2007
COP 13/CMP 3, BALI, INDONESIA
2008
COP 14/CMP 4, POZNAN, POLAND
2009
COP 15/CMP 5, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
2010
COP 16/CMP 6, CANCUN, MEXICO
2011
COP 17/CMP 7, DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
2012
COP 18/CMP 8, DOHA, QATAR
2013
COP 19/CMP 9, WARSAW, POLAND
2014
COP 20/CMP 10, LIMA, PERU
2015
COP 21/CMP 11, Paris, France
2016
COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1, Marrakech, Morocco
2017
COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 2, Bonn, Germany
2018
COP 24/CMP 14/CMA 3, Katowice, Poland
2019
COP 25/CMP 15/CMA 4 Spain
2020 - Postponed - A year without any progress, that the planet can ill afford
2021
COP 26 Glasgow, Scotland 1st-12th November

THE
CLIMATE DIRTY DOZEN - IN ORDER OF CO2, METHANE AND COAL FIRED INSANITY

Chinese
President
Xi
Jinping
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US
President
Joe
Biden
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EU
President
Ursula
von der Leyen
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Indian
PM
Narendra
Modi
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Vladimir
Putin
Russian
PM
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Japanese
PM
Fumio Kishida
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Kim
Boo-kuym
South
Korean PM
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Mohammed bin Salman
Saudi
Arabian Ruler
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Justin
Trudeau
Canadian
PM
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Jair Bolsonaro
Brazilian
PM
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Joko Widodo
Indonesian
PM
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Scott
Morrison
Australian
PM
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CABINET
MPS -MARCH 2020

Boris
Johnson
Prime
Minister
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Rishi
Sunack
Chancellor
Exchequer
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Priti
Patel
Home
Secretary
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Dominic
Raab
Foreign
Secretary
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Michael
Gove
Chancellor
D. Lancaster
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Ben
Wallace
Defence
Secretary
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Matt
Hancock
Health
& Social Care
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Liz
Truss
International
Trade
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Gavin
Williamson
Education
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Oliver
Dowden
Culture
|

Alok
Sharma
MP
Reading West
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Robert
Jenrick
Housing,
Local Gov.
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Therese
Coffey
Work
& Pensions
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Robert
Buckland
Justice
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Anne-Marie
Trevelyan
International
Dev.
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Grant
Shapps
Transport
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George
Eustice
Environment
|

Brandon
Lewis
Northern
Ireland
|

Alister
Jack
Scottish
Sec. State
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Simon
Hart
Welsh
Sec. State
|

Baroness
Evans
Leader
Lords
|

Amanda
Milling
Party
Chairman
|

Jacob
Rees-Mogg
Leader
Commons
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Mark
Spencer
Chief
Whip
|
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Suella
Braverman
Attorney
General
|
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Stephen
Barclay
Treasury
Sec.
|
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CONSERVATIVE
MPS 2017-2020

Boris
Johnson - Prime
Minister
MP
Uxbridge & South Ruislip
|

Rishi
Sunack
MP
for Richmond, Yorkshire
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Grant
Shapps
MP
Welwyn Hatfield
|

Philip
Hammond
MP
Runnymede & Weybridge
|

Alok
Sharma
MP
Reading West
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Damian
Green
MP
for Ashford
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Gavin
Williamson
MP
South Staffordshire
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Liam
Fox
MP
North Somerset
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David
Lidlington
MP
for Aylesbury
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Baroness
Evans
MP
Bowes Park Haringey
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Jeremy
Hunt
MP
South West Surrey
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Justine
Greening
MP
for Putney
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Chris
Grayling
MP
Epsom & Ewell
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Karen
Bradley
MP
Staffordshire Moorlands
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Michael
Gove
MP
Surrey Heath
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David
Gauke
MP
South West Hertfordshire
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Sajid
Javid
MP
for Bromsgrove
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James
Brokenshire
MP
Old Bexley & Sidcup
|

Alun
Cairns
MP
Vale of Glamorgan
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David
Mundell MP
Dumfriesshire
Clydes & Tweeddale
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Patrick
McLoughlin
MP Derbyshire
Dales
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Greg
Clark
MP
Tunbridge Wells
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Penny
Mordaunt
MP Portsmouth
North
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Andrea
Leadsom
MP South Northamptonshire
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Jeremy
Wright
MP
Kenilworth & Southam
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Liz
Truss
MP
South West Norfolk
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Brandon
Lewis
MP
Great Yarmouth
|

MP
Nus
Ghani
MP
Wealden
|

Huw
Merriman
MP
Battle
|

Steve
Double
MP
St Austell & Newquay
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Sarah
Newton
MP
Truro & Falmouth
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Rebecca
Pow
MP
Taunton Deane
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Jacob
Rees-Mogg
MP Somerset
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Gavin
Williamson
MP
Staffordshire
|

Thérèse Coffey
MP
Suffolk Coastal
|

Caroline
Ansell
MP Eastbourne
|
.
David
Davis
MP
Haltemprice & Howden
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Claire
Perry
MP
for Devizes
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Amber
Rudd
MP
Hastings & Rye
|
.
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Theresa
May - former PM
MP
for Maindenhead
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David
Cameron
Former
Prime
Minister
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John
Major
Former
Prime
Minister
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Margaret
Thatcher
Former
Prime
Minister
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LINKS
& REFERENCE
https://www.gov.uk/government/people/alok-sharma
http://www.aloksharma.co.uk/
CLIMATE
CHANGE COP HISTORY
1995
COP 1, BERLIN, GERMANY
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2008
COP 14/CMP 4, POZNAN, POLAND
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1996
COP 2, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
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2009
COP 15/CMP 5, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
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1997
COP 3, KYOTO, JAPAN
|
2010
COP 16/CMP 6, CANCUN, MEXICO
|
1998
COP 4, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
|
2011
COP 17/CMP 7, DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
|
1999
COP 5, BONN, GERMANY
|
2012
COP 18/CMP 8, DOHA, QATAR
|
2000:COP
6, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
|
2013
COP 19/CMP 9, WARSAW, POLAND
|
2001
COP 7, MARRAKECH, MOROCCO
|
2014
COP 20/CMP 10, LIMA, PERU
|
2002
COP 8, NEW DELHI, INDIA
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2015
COP 21/CMP 11, Paris, France
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2003
COP 9, MILAN, ITALY
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2016
COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1, Marrakech, Morocco
|
2004
COP 10, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
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2017
COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 2, Bonn, Germany
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2005
COP 11/CMP 1, MONTREAL, CANADA
|
2018
COP 24/CMP 14/CMA -, Katowice, Poland
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2006
COP 12/CMP 2, NAIROBI, KENYA
|
2019
COP 25/CMP 15/CMA -, Santiago, Chile
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2007
COP 13/CMP 3, BALI, INDONESIA
|
2020
COP 26/CMP 16/CMA
3, Glasgow,
Scotland
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DESERTIFICATION
COP HISTORY
COP
1: Rome, Italy,
29 Sept to 10 Oct 1997
|
COP
9: Buenos
Aires, Argentina, 21 Sept to 2 Oct 2009
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COP
2: Dakar
(Senegal), 30 Nov to 11 Dec 1998
|
COP
10: Changwon
(South Korea), 10 to 20 Oct 2011
|
COP
3: Recife
(Brazil), 15 to 26 Nov 1999
|
COP
11: Windhoek
(Namibia), 16 to 27 Sept 2013
|
COP
4: Bonn
(Germany), 11 to 22 Dec 2000
|
COP
12: Ankara
(Turkey), 12 to 23 Oct 2015
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COP
5: Geneva
(Switzerland), 1 to 12 Oct 2001
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COP
13: Ordos City
(China), 6 to 16 Sept 2017
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COP
6: Havana
(Cuba), 25 August to 5 Sept 2003
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COP
14: New Delhi
(India), 2 to 13 Sept 2019
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COP
7: Nairobi
(Kenya), 17 to 28 Oct 2005
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COP
15: 2020
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COP
8: Madrid,
Spain, 3 to 14 Sept 2007
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COP
16: 2021
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BIODIVERSITY
COP HISTORY
COP
1: 1994 Nassau,
Bahamas, Nov & Dec
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COP
8: 2006
Curitiba, Brazil, 8 Mar
|
COP
2: 1995
Jakarta, Indonesia, Nov
|
COP
9: 2008 Bonn,
Germany, May
|
COP
3: 1996 Buenos
Aires, Argentina, Nov
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COP
10: 2010
Nagoya, Japan, Oct
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COP
4: 1998
Bratislava, Slovakia, May
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COP
11: 2012
Hyderabad, India
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EXCOP:
1999 Cartagena, Colombia, Feb
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COP
12: 2014
Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, Oct
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COP
5: 2000
Nairobi, Kenya, May
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COP
13: 2016
Cancun, Mexico, 2 to 17 Dec
|
COP
6: 2002 The
Hague, Netherlands, April
|
COP
14: 2018
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 17 to 29 Nov
|
COP
7: 2004 Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, Feb
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COP
15: 2020 Kunming, Yunnan, China
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UN
CLIMATE ACTION PORTFOLIOS
1.
Finance
2. Energy
Transition
3. Industry
Transition
4. Nature-Based
Solutions
5. Cities
and Local Action
6. Resilience
and Adaptation
7. Mitigation
Strategy
8. Youth
Engagement & Public Mobilization
9. Social
and Political Drivers

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