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ScottishPower to hire 1,000 staff amid renewables boom

Energy giant ScottishPower plans to recruit at least 1,000 new employees across the UK in the next year after winning a series of contracts to build wind turbines. The business said it needs more staff after taking on a record number of new green ...

27 Jul 2022 at 17:05

Cop26 president Alok Sharma tests positive for coronavirus

Cop26 President Alok Sharma has tested positive for Covid, he has announced, hours after he sat on the frontbench next to Boris Johnson. Mr Sharma, who was due to travel abroad and therefore took a Covid test, discovered he had the virus on ...

02 Mar 2022 at 18:25

Cop26 President Alok Sharma to urge countries to act on Glasgow agreement

Alok Sharma will urge countries to deliver on the pledges made at Cop26 so they are not “just words on a page” in his first major speech since the summit. Addressing stakeholders, business leaders and reporters at Chatham House in central ...

24 Jan 2022 at 01:25

Sharma: countries must deliver on Cop26’s ‘fragile’ win with climate action

None of the pledges on climate action made at Cop26 will matter unless countries deliver on them, Alok Sharma has warned. Speaking at a Chatham House event in London on Monday, the Cop26 President said countries had come together, ...

24 Jan 2022 at 15:25

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Sturgeon: Much work yet to do on climate change after Cop27

There remains “much work yet to do” on climate change after Cop27, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The conference in Sharm El-Sheikh came to an end at the weekend, after talks which stretched into the early hours of Sunday morning ...

21 Nov 2022 at 13:20

Shapps hints at onshore wind ban U-turn as Tory rebellion grows

A Cabinet minister has hinted that Rishi Sunak could back down amid a growing Tory rebellion trying to force him to drop a ban on new onshore wind farms. However, Downing Street appeared to reject suggestions of a U-turn, ...

28 Nov 2022 at 21:53

Failure to deliver Cop26 pledges would amount to ‘monstrous self-harm’ – Sharma

Failure to honour promises made at Cop26 would be an “act of monstrous self-harm”, Alok Sharma is to warn world leaders six months after the climate conference. The Government minister is to urge countries to accelerate ...

15 May 2022 at 22:25

Onshore wind farms ban to be overturned following Tory pressure

Ministers are expected to overturn the de facto ban on onshore wind farms following pressure from Conservative MPs. The Government will make the announcement in the form of a written ministerial statement on Tuesday. ...

05 Sept 2023 at 11:32

UK needs to do a lot more to contain global warming – Cop26 President

The UK and other countries should be doing “a lot more” if they are serious about containing global warming, according to the President of Cop26. Sir Alok Sharma, who led the United Nations climate change conference ...

11 Jul 2023 at 18:02

Liz Truss backs fresh attempt by Tory rebels to end onshore wind ban

Tory MPs including former prime minister Liz Truss are set to launch another attempt to overturn the de facto ban on onshore wind farms after the summer recess. Sir Alok Sharma, the former Cop26 president, on ...

19 Jul 2023 at 10:34

Sunak briefs Cabinet as he prepares to water down net zero plans

Rishi Sunak appears poised to announce the watering down of climate change commitments despite a backlash from industry and the prospect of a damaging rift in the Tory party. The Prime Minister held a ...

20 Sept 2023 at 11:39

Rishi Sunak ‘set to overturn onshore wind farm ban amid party pressure’

Rishi Sunak is reportedly set to succumb to pressure from party members and overturn his de facto ban on onshore wind farms. The Telegraph reports ministers will release plans that will give councils ...

04 Sept 2023 at 09:45

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