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Sarah Champion's Climate-related Tweets, Speeches & Votes

We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Sarah Champion in the last 90 days

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• 12 Feb 2025: Tweet

  RT @DavidAltonHL: Amendment in @UKHouseofLords on Slave Labour In Supply Chains Providing Solar Panels & Other Forms of Green Energy Pass… [Source]

• 18 Dec 2024: Tweet

  Internationally there needs to be more awareness of the catastrophic impact of climate change on small islands. We need to get the pledged money into the hands of local people who know best how to save their homes @CommonsIDC https://twitter.com/skynews/status/1869456944634704335 [Source]

• 06 Dec 2024: Tweet

  RT @SarahChampionMP: We must take climate change seriously. I went to @zsllondonzoo & was reminded of the delicate balance of ecosystems &… [Source]

• 05 Dec 2024: Tweet

  We must take climate change seriously. I went to @zsllondonzoo & was reminded of the delicate balance of ecosystems & the havoc that changing global temperatures are having on habitats AND on animal behaviour. @BIAZA Read about @zsl’s conservation: https://www.londonzoo.org/conservation https://x.com/SarahChampionMP/status/1864682497348411467/photo/1 [Source]

• 3 Dec 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  The Government made a manifesto commitment to carry out an audit of our relations with China. Can the Minister confirm that the audit will cover trade and the issue of goods in the UK supply chain that are produced in Xinjiang? Can he tell us whether the impact of the accelerated roll-out of electric vehicles and solar panels and the 2030 decarbonisation target will also be audited? Given the Government’s so far unsuccessful mission to grow the UK economy, will the Minister agree that that growth must not come at the price of restricting our condemnation of human rights abuses in China?

  The problem with all this is that it does not seem to matter who is in government; the Foreign Office and other Departments try to block everything to do with slavery. I was one of the people who drove through the Modern Slavery Act 2015, which we know is long past its sell-by date with regard to modern slavery. I tried to co-operate with the Government when they were in opposition, and we need to change the law, because we have real problems with net zero. Right now, we have polysilicon arrays coming in from Xinjiang in massive quantities, and nothing is being done about it. This is not just about Xinjiang; there are a quarter of a million people from Tibet in forced labour.

  I am not sure that I am in agreement, notwithstanding the high degree of consensus in the House, with the hon. Lady’s opposition to solar farms. We believe that the essential transition to a net zero economy requires not only onshore wind but, as my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business and Trade has made clear, offshore wind, on which the United Kingdom is rightly a leader, as well as onshore solar. We are simply in disagreement if the hon. Lady’s argument is that we should oppose solar farm development. That being said, she is entirely right to recognise that the net zero transition should not be at the cost of any latitude on the clear provisions of the Modern Slavery Act. It is mandatory rather than voluntary. That legislation was introduced by our predecessors, and we are considering it carefully in the light of change in other jurisdictions, but it none the less places clear obligations on those seeking to import to the United Kingdom.

  Full debate: UK Supply Chains: Uyghur Forced Labour

• 28 Nov 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  Over the years, I have witnessed at first hand how Taiwan actively contributes its expertise to support global partners, which we should celebrate. Taiwan is a leader in the fields of public health, technology, clean energy, net zero and so much more. However, despite all that Taiwan has to offer, it finds itself barred from international organisations. Since 1971, China has repeatedly used UN General Assembly resolution 2758 to justify its efforts to exclude Taiwan from the UN system, which it has done hugely effectively.

  With a population of 23.5 million, Taiwan is the most populous self-governing state not represented at the UN. Its exclusion undermines critical global co-operation efforts, in particular around public health, climate change and the realisation of the sustainable development goals. Take SDG 3, on promoting good health and wellbeing. Taiwan maintained some of the lowest case rates in the world throughout the covid-19 pandemic. However, while it had notable success in suppressing the spread of the virus, its exclusion from the World Health Organisation meant that it was unable to share this expertise with the world.

  Full debate: Taiwan: International Status

• 27 Nov 2024: Tweet

  RT @KerryMP: 'The UK was proudly back delivering climate leadership at #COP29. My thoughts in @PoliticsHome on why strong action on clean… [Source]