David Lammy, in his first major policy speech, focused on the environmental impact of rising temperatures rather than wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
David Lammy was told to concentrate on his day job yesterday after he claimed that climate change is a greater threat than Vladimir Putin .
But the Tories accused him of a failure of leadership at a time when the UK faces significant global threats. Mr Lammy described climate change as the 'most profound and universal source of global disorder' and vowed to prioritise the issue Shadow security minister Tom Tugendhat said: 'Two months in and it could not be clearer that the Foreign Secretary, and this Labour Government, has no grasp of the real threats facing this country'
Mr Lammy opened his address at Kew Gardens, south-west London, by saying: 'Conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East have dominated my time in office so far. But I was very clear in opposition that, in this job, I would focus on the most profound and universal source of global disorder – the climate and nature emergency.'
Asked whether the PM agreed, a No 10 spokesman said: 'He thinks that climate change is a huge challenge which faces us all. That is why as part of the UK's reset on the world stage, he believes it is important for the Government to position itself as a leader on climate change.'
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