Foreign Secretary David Lammy has vowed to make tackling the climate crisis a central priority for his department, arguing that it is the defining geopolitical challenge of our time. He called for a 'hard-headed' approach to the issue, saying nothing could be 'more central to the UK's national interests' than slowing global warming.
Action on the climate crisis will be "central to all the Foreign Office does", David Lammy said, as he argued that net zero became a "battleground" under the Tories. He has called for a "hard-headed" approach to the tackling the climate crisis in his first major speech in the role, adding that nothing could be "more central to the UK's national interests" than slowing climate change worldwide.
" In the role, Lammy said he has witnessed events such as the devastation caused by Hurricane Beryl. In places such as the Sahel, South Sudan and Syria where temperatures are rising and making water and productive land even scarcer."These are not random events, delivered from the heavens.
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