Exclusive: Ministers bowed to pressure to drop key climate commitments for UK trade deal with Australia
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Leaked email obtained by Sky News
From Cabinet Office trade secretariat
From Cabinet Office trade secretariat
Sky News understands
* The treaty text will contain a reference to Paris, but the reference to specific temperature commitments is disappearing.
* Government sources confirmed that the references to temperature are now “implicit” rather than spelt out in the text of the treaty.
* The treaty text will contain a reference to Paris, but the reference to specific temperature commitments is disappearing.
* Government sources confirmed that the references to temperature are now “implicit” rather than spelt out in the text of the treaty.
*This is different from the UK-EU trade deal where the temperature commitments are explicitly in the deal.
*The UK government will argue that it has nevertheless secured a “win” on climate by referencing the Paris Agreement in the text of the Treaty, the first time this
*The UK government will argue that it has nevertheless secured a “win” on climate by referencing the Paris Agreement in the text of the Treaty, the first time this
Government response:
Sam Lowe @SamuelMarcLowe from the Centre for European Reform
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