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We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Uma Kumaran

• 11 Nov 2024: Tweet

  RT @Ed_Miliband: This Government believes that climate security is national security. That will be our message at COP29 in Baku ???? https://… [Source]

• 05 Nov 2024: Tweet

  ⚡️I was on the GB Energy Bill committee last month and met @neso_energy team to hear their views firsthand Great to see their new analysis set out how the Labour Government’s clean power by 2030 goal is an achievable reality Bold climate leadership by Keir and @Ed_Miliband ???????? https://twitter.com/neso_energy/status/1853693955898057160 [Source]

• 01 Nov 2024: Tweet

  ♻️ Mayor @SadiqKhan has made London into a global leader on climate & sustainability - Deputy Mayor @metecoban92 is building on this record, championing the next generation of climate leaders. The next round of the Mayor's Green Finance Fund is now open: https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/environment-and-climate-change/climate-change/zero-carbon-london/london-climate-finance-facility/green-finance-fund https://x.com/Uma_Kumaran/status/1852352677495075229/video/1 [Source]

• 26 Oct 2024: Tweet

  ????????Home after representing the UK at UN nature #COP16 The UK is back as a global leader, with climate and nature at the heart of our foreign policy Global collaboration is vital - working together we can stop the climate crisis, protect and restore nature Gracias Colombia ???????????????? https://x.com/Uma_Kumaran/status/1850243697373286657/photo/1 [Source]

• 25 Oct 2024: Tweet

  RT @TimHemmingsFCDO: @Uma_Kumaran @UKinColombia @alexsobel @CamThomasMP @TheICCFGroup @ClimateAPPG @RobbieMac_ @BarryGardiner @pippaheyling… [Source]

• 25 Oct 2024: Tweet

  Good to speak with @TimHemmingsFCDO, Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Colombia @UKinColombia Tackling the twin nature and climate crises needs coordinated global action The UK’s commitment to halting and reversing the international decline of nature is unwavering #COP16 https://x.com/Uma_Kumaran/status/1849783020963684613/photo/1 [Source]

• 23 Oct 2024: Tweet

  @CamThomasMP @COP16Oficial Sorry Cam! ????????‍♀️ I thought I moved out of shot afterwards but see that was also a miss. Nonetheless… Fully support your message for the need for a global effort to tackle the climate crisis and Colombia’s leadership at #COP16 [Source]

• 16 Oct 2024: Tweet

  RT @ClimateAPPG: Yesterday the @ClimateAPPG hosted Minister @KerryMP to discuss #COP29 and international climate. The session focused on:… [Source]

• 14 Oct 2024: Tweet

  ???? Good to speak with @neso_energy about their work supporting the UK's transition to clean energy Their work will help put consumers interests at the heart of Government plans This Labour Government is taking bold steps to make Britain a global leader to reach net zero by 2030 https://x.com/Uma_Kumaran/status/1845838915439038716/photo/1 [Source]

• 08 Oct 2024: Tweet

  I’ve worked internationally to advance climate action. There’s power in collaboration & learning from best practice to benefit GB Energy ???????? from advantages European countries enjoy from having state owned energy companies ???? to comparable frameworks to support a just transition https://x.com/Uma_Kumaran/status/1843690543102210379/video/1 [Source]

• 08 Oct 2024: Tweet

  ???????? GB Energy is central to Govt's mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower. ???? Driving investment in low-carbon technologies like wind, solar, & nuclear is crucial as we decarbonise the grid and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. The future is cleaner and greener energy. https://x.com/Uma_Kumaran/status/1843666475422474474/video/1 [Source]

• 08 Oct 2024: Tweet

  ♻️ I’ve spent this morning scrutinising the GB Energy Bill I asked Chair @Juergen_Maier about the strategic priorities and if he is confident the bill will deliver on its aims It was great to have his reassurances that GB Energy will create jobs, growth & clean renewable energy https://x.com/Uma_Kumaran/status/1843643368573939957/video/1 [Source]

• 08 Oct 2024: Tweet

  ⚡️Today, I’ll be doing my part as a member of the GB Energy Bill committee ???????? Owned by and for British people, GB Energy will: ✅ help promote energy independence ✅ ensure taxpayers reap benefits of home-grown energy ✅ supply clean energy ✅ reduce greenhouse gas emissions https://x.com/Uma_Kumaran/status/1843564839731638506/photo/1 [Source]

• 30 Sep 2024: Tweet

  For the first time in 142 years, the UK’s energy system is coal free The UK becomes the first G20 country to come off coal We cannot let the next generation look back at ours, as the ones that ignored the science and warning after warning This is real climate leadership ???????????????? https://twitter.com/labourlist/status/1840299271171592476 [Source]

• 26 Sep 2024: Tweet

  RT @Ed_Miliband: Britain is back as a climate leader. That’s my message to our international partners at #ClimateWeekNYC Our world-leadin… [Source]

• 26 Sep 2024: Tweet

  ????️ Great to have joined the future of healthy cities event with @TracyBrabin @BupaUK #Lab24 Our cities are key to building communities that thrive in health & happiness: ???? Protecting green spaces ???? Promoting active travel ???? Local skills to tackle climate change & inequality https://twitter.com/Uma_Kumaran/status/1839346588831175165/photo/1 [Source]

• 22 Sep 2024: Tweet

  ???? Joined @InstituteGC for my thoughts on life as a new MP & the opportunities this fresh start brings our country The Gov are already taking on big issues with a mission focused approach – from building safer homes to making Britain a climate leader Change has begun ????????#Lab24 https://twitter.com/Uma_Kumaran/status/1837843479277277390/photo/1 [Source]

• 18 Sep 2024: Tweet

  ????Our Foreign Secretary has announced that climate & nature will be at the centre of UK foreign policy He is restoring the UK’s role as a global climate leader At this critical time for our world, I’m honoured to be elected Vice Chair of the APPG for International Conservation https://twitter.com/FCDOGovUK/status/1836057289494503860 [Source]

• 10 Sep 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing Southall (Deirdre Costigan) for securing this timely debate. There seems to be an Ealing bias at the top. I look forward to working with her and others across the House as we tackle one of the biggest challenges of our time. I look forward to supporting the Government’s mission to become a clean energy superpower, and ensuring that tackling global climate change is a focus for this Parliament. In my previous role, before I came to this place, I worked internationally with cities around the world to tackle climate change, using science-based action.

  My remarks will be restricted to setting out the need for the Government to prioritise making progress on phasing out fossil fuels at COP29 this October. It was a privilege to be at COP28 last year, alongside other hon. Members in the Chamber, including the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse). I welcome the Minister to her place. She was not a Minister at COP28 last year, so it is great to see her in position now. We were there to see at first hand the breakthrough moment for ending the fossil fuel era. Nearly 200 countries made an historic commitment to transition away from fossil fuels. For the first time ever, language on fossil fuels was mentioned in the final United Nations framework convention on climate change negotiating text. However, since COP28, there has been little progress in this area. Negotiations on the topic stalled at Bonn and, instead of generating momentum on delivering this pledge, the COP presidency, Azerbaijan, has made little reference to it beyond reiterating the original commitment. That should not be a major surprise to us, not just because global climate-negotiation spaces are often undermined by the presence of the oil and gas lobby, but because there has been an absence of genuine political leadership by countries, including our own—until recently—on this issue.

  Just weeks after the United Arab Emirates consensus was signed, the previous Government issued new exploration licences to max out North sea fossil fuel reserves, with an attempt to ram legislation through Parliament to grant annual licensing for oil and gas. Just when the UK should have been increasing global ambition on moving away from coal, oil and gas, that Government were undermining confidence in the COP28 agreement and losing trust and credibility among key partners on the world stage.

  More than half of the global population lives in cities, and urbanisation is accelerating rapidly due to climate-induced human migration, economic growth and demographic shifts, but many cities around the world are at the forefront of the triple challenge of tackling the climate crisis, building social licence and acceptance for climate action, and fighting the rising climate denial that is fuelled by vested interests.

  During the last COP28 negotiations, the G77 president noted that new UK fossil-fuel drilling licences would contribute to failure of the COP28 agreement. The world cannot afford for this agreement to fail. We need Governments in each corner of the world to step up before and at Baku for success to be achieved. It is therefore an immense pleasure to see the reset that this new Government are leading. In under 100 days, the Labour Government have lifted the ban on onshore wind, introduced legislation to establish GB energy, acknowledged that the last Government’s approval of the massive Rosebank oil field was probably unlawful for failing to consider the climate impact and, just last week, secured 131 new clean energy projects to power 11 million homes—the most successful auction round ever. This change in domestic policy is helping to restore faith in the UK as a Government and as a climate leader that others can rely on, and it is providing us with new leverage to generate further ambition from others in phasing out fossil fuels at COP29 and beyond.

  There is always more room to be bold. I encourage the Government to consider positive steps that would not just support the delivery of UK climate targets, lower household bills and boost energy independence, but support workers and accelerate a just transition away from global fossil fuel production at a time when climate change presents a code-red emergency for the planet.

  By the same token, the UK must work with climate-vulnerable countries to ensure they have the financial resources, technical expertise and ability to fairly transition. Indeed, some of the cities in the global south are absolutely leading the way in the best and fairest just transitions the world has ever seen. That is why supporting the adoption of a new collective quantified goal for finance is crucial at COP29.

  Thirdly, the Government must include commitments to phase out fossil fuel production in its updated nationally determined contribution. The final thing for the Government to consider at COP29 is working more closely with others to put cities at the heart of the just transition. Cities are leading the way in climate ambition around the world, and they are reducing omissions at a faster rate than their respective national Governments. They are the doers, greening housing, planning, transport and waste, and preparing for the impacts of climate change. According to the Local Government Association, local climate action can achieve net zero for half the cost of a national approach, and deliver three times the growth in jobs, skills and health benefits. London has been a world leader, and has been acknowledged by the United Nations and the Secretary-General not only for its action but for its ambition.

  At COP28, 72 Governments recognised the transformative potential of collaboration between national and local Governments by joining the coalition for high ambition multi-level partnerships, known as CHAMP, committing to integrate cities into their national climate planning and strategies. That is how crucial the next round of climate targets and NDCs will be in 2025. I hope the UK will consider joining CHAMP and following the number of Governments around the world working with their cities—as soon as we bring Britain back as an international climate leader.

  Full debate: COP29: UK Priorities

• 10 Sep 2024: Tweet

  To support the delivery of the UK's climate targets, I urge the government to consider these four steps: ❌ End new oil & gas licencing ???? Engage in a Just energy transition ✅ Commit to ending fossil fuel production ????️ Make cities central to our climate approach [Source]

• 10 Sep 2024: Tweet

  ???? The UK's priorities for #COP29 must rebuild our reputation as a global #climate leader. The Government has already made progress: ✅ GB Energy ✅ Return of onshore wind ???? Jacksaw & Rosebank oil fields Our commitment to transition away from fossil fuels must be a priority. https://twitter.com/Uma_Kumaran/status/1833483008906559541/video/1 [Source]

• 09 Sep 2024: Tweet

  RT @DavidLammy: This decade is critical for action on the climate emergency. It was an honour to welcome Sir David Attenborough to the For… [Source]

• 06 Sep 2024: Tweet

  @ClimateAPPG @serauk @c40cities @UNFCCC @Mayors4Climate @BloombergDotOrg @metecoban92 @MarkWatts_ @sabrodrigues61 [Source]

• 06 Sep 2024: Tweet

  ♻️ Speaking during the GB Energy debate was apt - I’ve advocated globally for bolder climate action, working with cities & the UN ???? Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our time - we must redouble our efforts to stop our planet going past the point of no return https://twitter.com/Uma_Kumaran/status/1832020943272620324/video/1 https://twitter.com/Uma_Kumaran/status/1831760535412732052 [Source]

• 5 Sep 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  Delivering my maiden speech during the GB energy debate is apt. Climate change remains one of the greatest challenges of our time, and we must redouble our efforts. Before I came to this place, I worked internationally on climate action with cities around the world, the United Nations and civil society to help stop our world going past the point of no return and ensure that generations who come after us have a world that has not been destroyed because of our failure to act or our fear of being bold.

  Full debate: Great British Energy Bill

• 29 Aug 2024: Tweet

  Huge credit to @ClimateAPPG for their work on this and to @Ed_Miliband and team for swift action on Britain’s climate obligations and ambition. Am very proud to be a new member of the Climate APPG to make sure that the good work and climate ambition continues ???????? [Source]

• 30 Jul 2024: Tweet

  Great to join the cross party Climate APPG We need all the expertise we have to drive forward solutions to tackle climate breakdown. Looking forward to bringing my experience overseeing Diplomatic relations for one of the world’s biggest Climate organisations to Parliament. https://twitter.com/climateappg/status/1818243831357178320 [Source]

• 25 Jul 2024: Tweet

  A brilliant the first step in delivering on the Government’s mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower. GB Energy will help lead the clean energy transition on the global stage. We’re putting international climate leadership back at the heart of Government ???? https://twitter.com/energygovuk/status/1816382890076508417 [Source]

• 17 Jun 2024: Tweet

  ???? I've worked globally to make bolder climate action a reality ???? Speaking to residents across Stratford & Bow - it's clear, we must do more to protect our environment ???? With @Sadiqkhan, London is a climate leader - with @UKLabour, Britain will be too https://twitter.com/Uma_Kumaran/status/1802775861457821886/video/1 [Source]

• 16 May 2024: Tweet

  To be here to witness this firsthand has been one of the honours of my life. Sadiq’s Climate leadership in London has been world leading, as co-Chair of @c40cities he has taken this work global. We can, and do have the power to effect change. We just need to be brave enough. https://twitter.com/SadiqKhan/status/1791060763890565182 [Source]

• 08 Dec 2023: Tweet

  Diplomatic relations at #COP28 with @c40cities. We’ve taken up UN Secretary General’s call to action, showcasing the work of Mayors & cities. C40 cities represent over 700 million ppl & 25% of the ???? economy. Join our mission to halve global emissions across our network by 2030 https://twitter.com/Uma_Kumaran/status/1733011753645056477/photo/1 [Source]

• 26 Aug 2022: Tweet

  Backwards thinking on Green energy from Truss. Dependence on fossil fuels (those from Russia at that) is a huge reason for extortionate current prices. We’re seeing a complete denial of facts from Tories once again, whilst making their rich friends even richer. How convenient. https://twitter.com/NewStatesman/status/1563057624148389890 [Source]