{"id":291104,"date":"2023-12-13T13:44:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T12:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=291104"},"modified":"2023-12-13T13:44:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T12:44:31","slug":"climate-minister-graham-stuart-making-6313-mile-round-trip-by-plane-for-crunch-rwanda-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=291104","title":{"rendered":"Climate minister Graham Stuart making 6,313-mile round trip by plane for crunch Rwanda vote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The government is ridiculed by Labour as Graham Stuart flies back from key talks at the COP28 summit in Dubai to help stave off rebellion from backbenchers over the new Rwanda bill.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By Jennifer Scott<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UK’s minister for climate will make a 6,313-mile round trip to take part in the government’s crunch vote on Rwanda, Number 10 has confirmed. Sky News<\/a><\/em> has the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graham Stuart has been in Dubai for the COP28 summit, where leaders from around the world have been discussing the best ways to tackle the climate crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But\u00a0key talks have stalled<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0over commitments to phase out fossil fuels, with negotiations carrying on through the night to try and find agreement between different nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the critical moment playing out in the UAE – and Mr Stuart having previously persuaded the COP presidency to allow the UK to have a more significant role in the talks – the minister will leave the summit to head to the Commons for the vote on Tuesday evening, then quickly head back to Dubai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NGOs (non-governmental organisations) at COP have accused the UK of going “AWOL” at a key time, claiming the British government had let millions of people down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Confirming the decision to summon Mr Stuart, the prime minister’s official spokesman said: “Ministers have a number of roles, the negotiations continue and he will return to COP.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The return flight is the equivalent of travelling from London to Edinburgh and back 10 times, and will emit around two tonnes of CO2, according to environmental charity Treedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked about the carbon emissions from the flights, the spokesman added: “This government is not anti-flying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“We don’t lecture the public to that regard. The most important thing is the outcomes of COP, which minister Stuart is obviously leading for the UK on.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision by Downing Street to make Mr Stuart return to Westminster shows the nervousness around tonight’s vote on the government’s Rwanda bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new law is Rishi Sunak’s attempt to revive the scheme,\u00a0ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court<\/a><\/strong>, that would see asylum seekers arriving by small boat crossings deported to the African nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full article\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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