Sharma Archives - Ocean and Coastal Futures

25 Jan 2022

‘1.5 degrees will slip from our grasp’: COP26 President Alok Sharma urges countries to deliver on Glasgow Climate Pact

Business Green: Chatham House speech by Alok Sharma since UN Climate Conference will see Minister call on countries to set aside geopolitical tensions to tackle climate goals. COP26 President Alok Sharma has this morning urged countries to deliver on the promises they made at the COP26 Climate Summit, warning the commitments set out in the […]

10 Aug 2021

IPCC Report published ‘Many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, and some of the changes already set in motion—such as continued sea level rise—are irreversible over hundreds to thousands of years.’

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IPCC Reports – Link to all reports https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/#SPM Watch the press conference IPCC Press Release ‘GENEVA, Aug 9 – Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of the changes observed in […]

23 Mar 2021

Alok Sharma, president designate COP26 – article for the Guardian on Climate change

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Alok Sharma article for the Guardian on Climate change Time is running short – but we can get a grip on the climate crisis Guardian – Time is running short – but we can get a grip on the climate crisis Alok Sharma Today’s targets are nowhere near enough, we must speed up change and […]

18 Feb 2020

Alok Sharma appointed to lead COP26 talk as BEIS Minister in reshuffle

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Guardian ‘PM must prioritise climate or Cop26 will fail, say leading figures IEA welcomes appointment of Alok Sharma but others worry about nature of his dual role Boris Johnson must put the climate crisis at the top of his government’s agenda if crunch UN talks this year are to be a success, leading international figures have […]