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Paul Waugh's Climate-related Tweets, Speeches & Votes

We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Paul Waugh

• 7 Jul 2026: Parliamentary Speech

  1. What steps he plans to take following recent weather events to help tackle climate change.

  Full debate: Climate Change: Weather Events

  Last week in Rochdale, I attended a community screening of Chris Packham’s “National Emergency Briefing”, and one of the most chilling lines in that entire documentary was that today’s extreme weather is the coolest and most stable weather we will experience for the rest of this century. In other words, the recent extreme heatwaves, floods and wildfires are going to get much, much worse without real action. Does the Secretary of State agree that this Labour Government have a strong record in just two years of gripping this emergency, but there is much more we can do to prevent the damage caused by climate change to our health, our economy and our national security?

  Full debate: Climate Change: Weather Events

• 12 Nov 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  My hon. Friend references Scotland. I was at COP26 in Glasgow the last time we had a Conservative Prime Minister who showed real climate leadership on the global stage, yet we have now seen the sad spectacle—and we will see more of it later today—of a party that had a distinguished tradition of environmental protection and climate change reality running away to the Reform vote, which is an empty one. Does the Minister agree with the former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, who said:

  “Certainly in my party, it’s all about bashing the green agenda, and personally I don’t think we’ll get elected on that. I didn’t see us soaring in the polls as a result of saying what rubbish net zero is. I didn’t see a massive leap in support for the Conservatives”?

  Full debate: Energy

• 28 Oct 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  It is vital for our own national security and is in our national interests that we maintain a similar consensus as we have on Ukraine on the threats, challenges and opportunities posed by China. We should all stand firm in this House on issues of national security and human rights and on the threats China poses clearly to our economy, our industrial secrets, our intellectual property, our democracy and, yes, our cyber-space. We should also recognise that it is important that the UK engages with China where it is in our hard-headed national interest—and mutual interest—to do so, from climate change to global health and trade.

  Full debate: China Spying Case

• 21 Nov 2024: Tweet

  John Prescott was a real-world reformer, ahead of his time on climate change, tackling regional inequality and integrating transport. Deepest condolences to Pauline, David and Johnathan. https://twitter.com/keir_starmer/status/1859491124710084829 [Source]

• 8 Oct 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  21. What steps he is taking with his international counterparts to tackle climate change.

  Full debate: Climate Change: International Work

  I welcome the Secretary of State’s commitment to our international obligations, whether that is clean power lines or our own strong domestic climate policies that will help areas such as Rochdale, with billpayers in recent years facing the grim possibility of high bills. This will make a huge difference, and the obvious comparison with the previous Government is there for everyone to see. Will he outline to the House what further steps he is taking on the global stage at both COP29 and COP30 to increase our global reach on climate?

  Full debate: Climate Change: International Work

• 26 Sep 2024: Tweet

  More proof we're delivering the change we promised. Treating climate change with the urgency and seriousness it deserves. https://twitter.com/MaryCreagh_/status/1839043859243757607 [Source]

• 3 Sep 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  I also wanted to do something about this misinformation age that we live in, and to combat the rise of extremism that disfigures too much of our discourse. It was Stanley Baldwin who denounced the newspaper barons for wanting power without responsibility; today, too many social media companies have exactly that. This summer’s spread of online hate and falsehood is a challenge to which this Government will have to rise, just as they rose to the challenge of cracking down on the thugs who attacked our communities and our brave police officers. Tackling online publishers—that is what they are: publishers, not platforms—may sound radical, but in reality radicalism is often just common sense ahead of its time, a reminder that all our rights are hard won. What could be more commonsensical than demanding that the vote be given to the working classes and to women, more than 100 years ago? What could be more commonsensical than this railways Bill, giving the public control over the services that spend billions of pounds of their own money? What could be more commonsensical than tackling climate change or giving towns like Rochdale more control over their own future—towns that do not want a handout, but deserve a fairer share of the national resource?

  Full debate: Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

• 21 Jul 2024: Tweet

  .@JoeBiden did more than any other US President in history to seriously tackle the climate emergency. Really hope his landmark Inflation Reduction Act is a legacy that is built on, and not unpicked. [Source]

• 12 May 2024: Tweet

  But @ProfJaneGreen is also right that we should not confuse the shifting ‘tides’ of party politics with strong ‘tribal ties’’ of identity: for/against Brexit, for/against migration, for/against net zero, for/against UK foreign policy. [Source]

• 11 Jan 2024: Tweet

  @ChiefExecCCC @theCCCuk Heroic stint! @theCCCuk's loss is @CarbonBrief's gain. ???????????? [Source]

• 08 Jan 2024: Tweet

  More climate change = more flooding, including in Tory rural constituencies where farmers are hit hard. So does Rishi Sunak still want to sound like a sceptic on net zero? Tonight's #WaughOnPolitics is out https://inews.co.uk/opinion/late-flood-response-short-term-sunak-2843529 [Source]

• 08 Jan 2024: Tweet

  Rishi Sunak responds to a Q about govt flip flopping on net zero policy by saying he's given businesses full expensing... Then says on net zero there was 'ideological push' to go in a way he didn't want, and ppl forced 'prematurely' to change. [Source]

• 15 Nov 2023: Tweet

  Invaluable chart showing just how much climate change is making the poor poorer. https://twitter.com/CarbonBrief/status/1724875420154126340 [Source]

• 15 Nov 2023: Tweet

  Perhaps the most consequential news of today: China and US agree to do more on climate change ahead of #COP28. https://twitter.com/guardiannews/status/1724885255851741692 [Source]

• 13 Oct 2023: Tweet

  The Energy Security Department tells me that the Climate Change Act does allow flexibilities, including carry-over between carbon budgets but stresses that “no decisions have been taken on use of these flexibilities for future years”. That’s not exactly ruling the idea out. [Source]

• 13 Oct 2023: Tweet

  Under Sec17 of 2008 Climate Change Act, Coutinho has power to “carry forward” emissions from one 5-year carbon budget to another. When May tried this in 2018, she was told by the CCC govt cdn’t use low economic growth (cause of lower emissions) to bail her out from future targets [Source]

• 13 Oct 2023: Tweet

  ????The ClimateChangeCommittee has a withering verdict on Rishi Sunak's net zero plans ????So how might he get round it? With creative accountancy on his carbon budget targets, I'm told ❤️‍????But fiddling with the figures while the planet burns may please no one https://inews.co.uk/opinion/rishi-sunaks-image-as-a-numbers-man-is-now-in-question-after-this-scathing-report-2684157 [Source]

• 21 Sep 2023: Tweet

  Why Rishi Sunak’s ‘we’ve had enough of experts’ stance on net zero feels like Brexit all over again. This time, it's the Climate Change Committee who are in the firing line. But will the tactic work again? Tonight's #WaughOnPolitics is in your inbox https://inews.co.uk/opinion/rishi-sunak-weve-had-enough-experts-net-zero-feels-like-brexit-all-again-2633274 [Source]

• 21 Sep 2023: Tweet

  Rishi Sunak’s ‘we’ve had enough of experts’ stance on net zero feels like Brexit all over again. My latest for @theipaper https://inews.co.uk/opinion/rishi-sunak-weve-had-enough-experts-net-zero-feels-like-brexit-all-again-2633274 [Source]

• 21 Sep 2023: Tweet

  A fair few Tory MPs are happy with @RishiSunak net zero stance. Will any rebellion over 2030 EV target fizzle out...? (Nb the SI can't be amended from 2035 to 2030 so I suspect whips will say 'it's this or nothing') https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/tory-whatsapp-group-mps-rishi-sunak-net-zero-2632556 [Source]

• 21 Sep 2023: Tweet

  .@RishiSunak absolutely right to say more debate/scrutiny needed of any CCC recommendations to get to net zero, and their impact on consumers. I suspect the CCC would welcome that scrutiny - and ultimately it is upto politicians to make big judgement calls on the trade-offs. [Source]

• 21 Sep 2023: Tweet

  Excellent point by @bbcnickrobinson: Sunak appears to be repeating Liz Truss error of ignoring a *statutory* body whose job it is to advise govt. In her case, she ignored Office for Budget Responsibility, in his he's ignoring the Climate Change Committee. [Source]

• 21 Sep 2023: Tweet

  There's a strong "we've had enough of experts" vibe from the PM on net zero. But, just as 'Project Fear' in many ways turned out to be Project Fact on Brexit, is he simply repeating the same mistake - but with much higher stakes for jobs/UK influence? [Source]

• 21 Sep 2023: Tweet

  Sunak was right to say we need detailed policies to make 2050 net zero a reality, but lack of detail is precisely why govt lost courts case on this. Danger of EV delay is he fails to meet his own scrutiny test - how else will he find the required emissions cuts by 2030? [Source]

• 20 Sep 2023: Tweet

  The risk for Sunak is he ends up importing Australian politics in ways he never intended. 1. 'Stop the Boats' has proved an overpromise. 2. Perception of watering down net zero risks repeat of the Liberal Party's vote going to pro-green Teals. [Source]

• 20 Sep 2023: Tweet

  After several years as an MP, and nearly a year as PM, today we finally saw 'the real Rishi'. But on net zero, those who assumed he's a 'moderate' Tory are in for a shock. Tonight's #WaughOnPolitics is in your inbox. https://inews.co.uk/opinion/rishi-sunak-net-zero-electric-car-boiler-scared-2629731 [Source]

• 20 Sep 2023: Tweet

  One thing everyone seems to be forgetting: under the Climate Change Act, the 2030 target needs to be passed by MPs in an SI. If enough Tory MPs rebel (and there are 140 members of @CEN_HQ), with Lab/SNP/LD votes they can defeat a delay to 2035 in Parliament. [Source]

• 20 Sep 2023: Tweet

  .@BorisJohnson has just declared war on @RishiSunak "Business must have certainty about our Net Zero commitments. This country leads on tackling climate change and in creating new green technology...We cannot afford to falter now or in any way lose our ambition for this country" [Source]

• 20 Sep 2023: Tweet

  PM's allies say he is NOT junking net zero but delivering it in a way that preserves political consensus, but also doesn’t do it in a way that is going to put huge costs onto some of the poorest people in the country. Let's see how many of his MPs, or voters, buy that. [Source]

• 20 Sep 2023: Tweet

  If Rishi Sunak does ditch key net zero policies, he risks looking like a dithering climate sceptic - who is a prisoner of his party's extremists, not a leader of it. The flip-flopping chaos also undermines his claim to be a future-facing, Mr Stability. https://inews.co.uk/opinion/rishi-sunak-net-zero-electric-car-boiler-scared-2629731 [Source]

• 20 Sep 2023: Tweet

  @ECIU_UK As for that strange Tony Blair argument that the UK contributes 'only' 1% of global emissions. 1% is actually pretty big. And if others followed that logic there would be no global deal on net zero. https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1704382494919827703/photo/1 [Source]

• 20 Sep 2023: Tweet

  One @ECIU_UK poll this summer found 40% of Tory MPs believed climate change can be stopped without reaching net zero by 2050. https://inews.co.uk/opinion/rishi-sunak-says-he-understands-markets-so-he-should-give-business-certainty-on-net-zero-2552325?ito=copy-link_share_article-top https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1704381526278918391/photo/1 [Source]

• 20 Sep 2023: Tweet

  One factor was that under the Climate Change Act, an affirmative SI would be needed to pass the regulations thru Parliament. https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1704378936178647177/photo/1 [Source]

• 20 Sep 2023: Tweet

  More than 4 weeks ago, I first reported serious jitters that Sunak would water down his net zero pledges https://inews.co.uk/news/rishi-sunak-offer-mps-vote-electric-cars-tory-anger-net-zero-2552098 [Source]

• 19 Sep 2023: Tweet

  If this is true, it'll be Sunak following the lead of @trussliz. Only yesterday she said the UK should "delay implementing Net Zero commitments such as the ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030" and abandon "the replacement of gas and oil boilers". [Source]

• 04 Sep 2023: Tweet

  @NadineDorries And on net zero, will @ClaireCoutinho be as keen as @grantshapps on the Tory case for action on climate change? Or will she share Sunak's lack of interest? https://inews.co.uk/opinion/rishi-sunak-says-he-understands-markets-so-he-should-give-business-certainty-on-net-zero-2552325 [Source]

• 04 Sep 2023: Tweet

  Back after 2 weeks leave and the most interesting developments in politics in past fortnight have been: - Sunak's school buildings cuts - Nadine Dorries' finally decides to trigger by-elxn - Shapps leaves Net Zero Dept So here's a few #WaughOnPolitics pieces which prefaced each [Source]

• 16 Aug 2023: Tweet

  Emma Pinchbeck aka @energyukceo: “The response to both the war in Ukraine and the inflation Reduction Act is to crack on with delivering net zero. That is the message. And we’d like to hear that from our politicians.” https://inews.co.uk/opinion/rishi-sunak-says-he-understands-markets-so-he-should-give-business-certainty-on-net-zero-2552325 [Source]

• 16 Aug 2023: Tweet

  More detail on this in tonight's #WaughOnPolitics The PM says he understands markets - so it's time for him to give business the certainty it needs on net zero. https://inews.co.uk/opinion/rishi-sunak-says-he-understands-markets-so-he-should-give-business-certainty-on-net-zero-2552325 [Source]

• 11 Aug 2023: Tweet

  @Nigel_Farage Anderson has undoubtedly caused Labour problems on issues like net zero costs and trans self-ID. Some Lab MPs even privately agree re his calls for more cooking/budgeting classes. But it's his candour on Govt "failure" in a range of areas that is a gift to the anti-Tory vote. [Source]

• 31 Jul 2023: Tweet

  ????The world's wealthiest 10% are responsible for around 50% of global emissions. ✈️The top 1% are responsible for 15% of emissions. Tonight's #WaughOnPolitics on the rich v the rest in the battle to tackle climate change: https://inews.co.uk/opinion/the-richest-cause-the-most-damage-to-the-planet-its-time-to-make-them-pay-2516404 [Source]

• 31 Jul 2023: Tweet

  On Greg Hands mythbusting, PM's press secretary says: - "I'm not sure of that particular tweet". - Importing is ‘more expensive for consumers’. - NSea gas + net zero compatible, "doing all of these things collectively together should ensure that we can keep consumer bills down" https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1685949203598499840 [Source]

• 28 Jul 2023: Tweet

  Meanwhile....poll bounce for Starmer after Sunak moves away from net zero pledges https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/poll-bounce-keir-starmer-rishi-sunak-net-zero-pledges-2512459 [Source]

• 18 Jul 2023: Tweet

  Italy 2020: 'excess deaths' from Covid Italy 2023: 'excess deaths' from heatwave In both cases, the elderly suffer most. Tonight's #WaughOnPolitics on @rishisunak's failure to grasp the health emergency of climate change. https://inews.co.uk/opinion/rishi-sunak-climate-change-health-emergency-elderly-2486843 [Source]

• 08 Jul 2023: Tweet

  @MrMatthewTodd You've clearly never read a word I've written about climate change policy. [Source]

• 08 Jul 2023: Tweet

  @GavinCurnow It's their wedding day. He's no longer in office. What next, orange soil thrown on his coffin at his funeral? I suspect it's the kind of protest that is counterproductive in the eyes of those who need persuading of the need to do more on climate change. [Source]

• 05 Jul 2023: Tweet

  Ouch! Now Tories trolling each other over Sunak's net zero inertia. https://twitter.com/AlokSharma_RDG/status/1676196915099189248?s=20 [Source]

• 05 Jul 2023: Tweet

  At @instituteforgov event, @CSkidmoreUK had this withering verdict on the @RishiSunak net zero approach: “You’ve got to keep on making the case, and at the moment there is a vacuum and silence. That’s the challenge – if you’re not willing to show leadership, someone else will.” [Source]

• 05 Jul 2023: Tweet

  @grantshapps @CSkidmoreUK Both @CSkidmoreUK and @Ed_Miliband will discuss the UK's place in the net zero race for economic growth at an @instituteforgov event today. [Source]

• 05 Jul 2023: Tweet

  @grantshapps In a speech in Brussels yesterday, net zero review author @CSkidmoreUK warned UK missing out on global race to leverage jobs/growth from cheaper greener energy. "Go big, or go home" he said. He also said that despite Brexit UK/EU had to align in key areas like emissions trading [Source]

• 05 Jul 2023: Tweet

  In Liaison Cttee PM suggested 5th/6th carbon budgets were too far away to worry about now, “it is hard to predict the exact shape of the UK economy in 2037”. This despite the statutory climate change cttee warning those future plans had "markedly" gone backwards in past yr. [Source]

• 05 Jul 2023: Tweet

  Even Conservatives fear the PM is dithering not delivering on net zero, and all for job opportunities and economic benefits it presents - while others race ahead. Energy Bill (Report Stage expected last week) may now be delayed to autumn. Ditto Hunt response to US/EU subsidies [Source]

• 05 Jul 2023: Tweet

  Expect more attempts by @OliverDowden to suggest Labour supports Just Stop Oil protests in #PMQs today. But key Tories fear these culture war tactics lay bare @RishiSunak' lack of actual net zero strategy - and worrying inertia when urgency is needed. https://inews.co.uk/opinion/rishi-sunak-net-zero-culture-war-cost-more-votes-2454981 [Source]

• 04 Jul 2023: Tweet

  .@RishiSunak's attempt to turn net zero into a 'culture war' will cost him more votes than it'll gain him. Tonight's #WaughOnPolitics is in your inbox https://inews.co.uk/opinion/rishi-sunak-net-zero-culture-war-cost-more-votes-2454981 [Source]

• 15 May 2023: Tweet

  Includes these highlights of today's National Conservativism conference: ????Tory MP says UK low birth rate is due to no-fault divorce + extra childcare and is more of a threat than Russia, China + climate change ???? Tory MP says John Lennon and "paganism" to blame for UK decline [Source]

• 28 Mar 2023: Tweet

  I wrote last year on why the OBR says inaction on climate change will pile up debt. https://inews.co.uk/opinion/suffer-tories-stupid-party-net-zero-1735395 https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1640663819193139203/photo/1 [Source]

• 25 Mar 2023: Tweet

  Next Thursday is the Govt's 'Green Day'. Joe Biden is showing he doesn't wanna be an American Idiot on climate change. But will @RishiSunak prove just as sensible? My piece in @theipaper Weekend https://inews.co.uk/opinion/rishi-sunak-conservatism-climate-change-2232288 [Source]

• 24 Mar 2023: Tweet

  Featuring links to the latest @DrSimEvans analysis of the £9bn cost of David Cameron dumping "green crap", plus @GreenAllianceUK work on how off track Govt is on net zero implementation https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1639376967676968961/photo/1 [Source]

• 24 Mar 2023: Tweet

  Next Thursday is the Govt's 'Green Day'. Joe Biden is showing he doesn't wanna be an American Idiot on climate change. But will @RishiSunak prove just as sensible? Tonight's #WaughOnPolitics is in your inbox https://inews.co.uk/opinion/rishi-sunak-conservatism-climate-change-2232288 [Source]

• 21 Mar 2023: Tweet

  Away from Johnson/Partygate, @michaelgove in Commons Budget debate cites @edballs criticism of @Ed_Miliband £28bn/yr borrowing for green energy. As Gove jibes that Balls was the man whom Miliband wanted to be his Chancellor, the ex Labour leader shakes his head [Source]

• 21 Feb 2023: Tweet

  Time is of the essence. As @CSkidmoreUK told me recently: “The government has only got about 300 days of legislative time until July 2024. "In this global net zero race, there is a window for us, that window will close if we do not take action now.” https://inews.co.uk/opinion/lee-anderson-right-net-zero-affordable-2140193 [Source]

• 21 Feb 2023: Tweet

  Hunt ackowledged the US was now a very big player on Net Zero but said the UK could still carve out market opportunities. Here's a piece I wrote recently about post- Brexit Britain getting squeezed by US + EU in the global race for Net Zero investment https://inews.co.uk/opinion/brexit-britain-squeezed-us-eu-race-green-jobs-2104503 [Source]

• 21 Feb 2023: Tweet

  .@Jeremy_Hunt just told a green energy conference in east London that the Govt response to the @CSkidmoreUK Net Zero review is now expected "late spring, early summer". Some had hoped for Govt response b4 end of March to tie in with High Court NZ deadline https://inews.co.uk/opinion/brexit-britain-squeezed-us-eu-race-green-jobs-2104503 [Source]

• 09 Feb 2023: Tweet

  Lee Anderson is right about one thing - the government needs to make Net Zero more affordable for families Tonight's #WaughOnPolitics is in your inbox https://inews.co.uk/opinion/lee-anderson-right-net-zero-affordable-2140193 [Source]

• 09 Feb 2023: Tweet

  Shockingly low turnout by MPs for the @CSkidmoreUK Net Zero debate in the Commons today. Seas of green (pun intended) on the green benches - on all sides. In fact, the Conservatives have more backbenchers than the other parties put together. https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1623673956250025987/photo/1 [Source]

• 25 Jan 2023: Tweet

  Brexit Britain is getting left behind by the US and EU on green jobs. Once the Zahawi row is out of the way, @RishiSunak's response to the @CSkidmoreUK Net Zero review will tell us a lot more about his premiership. https://inews.co.uk/opinion/brexit-britain-squeezed-us-eu-race-green-jobs-2104503 [Source]

• 08 Dec 2022: Tweet

  A new coal mine is a backwards step for Britain's climate change leadership - but there is a better way of helping the British steel industry: a 2019 fund for "clean steel" still hasn't been spent. The latest #WaughOnPolitics https://inews.co.uk/opinion/michael-goves-approval-of-a-new-coal-mine-is-a-backwards-step-for-our-climate-and-steel-industry-2014441 [Source]

• 07 Dec 2022: Tweet

  A new coal mine is a backwards step for Britain's climate change leadership - and for the British steel industry. Tonight's #WaughOnPolitics is in your inbox. https://inews.co.uk/opinion/michael-goves-approval-of-a-new-coal-mine-is-a-backwards-step-for-our-climate-and-steel-industry-2014441 [Source]

• 01 Dec 2022: Tweet

  Includes this nugget: I'm told BEIS has *again* delayed the Strategy and Policy Statement (SPS) requiring Ofgem to work towards net zero. Draft delayed until summer 2023 cos BEIS has “other priorities”. Likely implementation 2024 – a full 5 years after net zero became law. [Source]

• 08 Nov 2022: Tweet

  Real Terri Coverley energy about this exchange at #COP27 @CoverleyComms @PeterMannionMP @mrchrisaddison @Aiannucci https://twitter.com/VICEWorldNews/status/1589734231365722112/video/1 [Source]

• 07 Nov 2022: Tweet

  Impressive speech by @BorisJohnson at #COP27, injecting some real passion into the need for net zero. Took on his critics who wanted to "frack the hell out of the british countryside". Attacks his critics "in the Daily Telegraph" who say wind power is medieval technology. [Source]

• 06 Nov 2022: Tweet

  After @OliverDowden tells @bbclaurak Rishi Sunak had a desire to attend COP27, this exchange happened: LK: "Such was his *desire* to go that he *wasn't* going to go...?" Dowden: "Yes, yes, yes." [Source]

• 06 Nov 2022: Tweet

  .@Ed_Miliband on @bbclaurak doing a very good job knocking down each of the bar-room arguments made against action on climate change, one by one. [Source]

• 05 Nov 2022: Tweet

  Here's @katyballs on how the ex-PM could upstage Sunak at COP27 https://inews.co.uk/opinion/the-pm-performs-his-first-u-turn-but-this-is-his-chance-to-set-out-his-stall-1954819 [Source]

• 02 Nov 2022: Tweet

  .@RishiSunak just read out his tweet, word for word, on why he's U turned on going to COP27. Who needs #PMQs when you've got Twitter? [Source]

• 30 Oct 2022: Tweet

  Here's my piece from last week on why Rishi Sunak really ought to attend COP27: it's not about virtue signalling. Tackling climate change really matters for his growth agenda, for jobs and for the UK long term balance sheet - as well as the planet. https://inews.co.uk/opinion/if-rishi-sunak-ducks-his-duty-on-climate-change-his-party-will-pay-a-heavy-price-1938701 [Source]

• 30 Oct 2022: Tweet

  Asked about Sunak’s decision not to attend climate talks @michaelgove tells @bbclaurak "We want to field the strongest possible team at COP." The implication that Sunak's presence wouldn't make it stronger? Really? When Biden and Macron attending? [Source]

• 28 Oct 2022: Tweet

  The @CSkidmoreUK review of Net Zero continues too, which has given heart to some environmentalists that the Govt is serious about this agenda. [Source]

• 28 Oct 2022: Tweet

  The decision to duck COP27 surprised some who thought Sunak has ditched his previous lack of interest in climate change. In his "we've got to get real" victory speech to the 1922 Committee, he made a point of stressing net zero would be at the heart of his premiership [Source]

• 28 Oct 2022: Tweet

  If Rishi Sunak ducks his duty on climate change, his party will pay a heavy price. But so will we all. https://inews.co.uk/opinion/if-rishi-sunak-ducks-his-duty-on-climate-change-his-party-will-pay-a-heavy-price-1938701 [Source]

• 27 Oct 2022: Tweet

  Includes this: Surely King Charles is being lined up to go to COP27 now? And will the Autumn Statement at least put Sunak's money where his mouth is on net zero? [Source]

• 27 Oct 2022: Tweet

  If @RishiSunak ducks his duty on climate change, the Tories will pay a heavy price. Tonight's #WaughOnPolitics is in your inbox https://inews.co.uk/opinion/if-rishi-sunak-ducks-his-duty-on-climate-change-his-party-will-pay-a-heavy-price-1938701 [Source]

• 25 Oct 2022: Tweet

  And even @AlokSharma_RDG booted out. No.10: "The Rt Hon Alok Sharma remains COP26 President and will negotiate on behalf of the UK at COP27. He will no longer be a Minister of State at the Cabinet Office." He will no longer attend Cabinet. [Source]

• 24 Oct 2022: Tweet

  Sunak told the 1922 that there would be no election soon. Stressed he wanted "sustainable growth, and need for Net Zero agenda, as well as only delivering tax cuts when the economy/public finances allowed them. [Source]

• 24 Oct 2022: Tweet

  More than anything, one of the more significant if less noticed developments in the Tory leadership race was @RishiSunak's shift away from traditional Treasury scepticism about tackling climate change to embracing the economic necessity of tackling it. https://twitter.com/DrSimEvans/status/1584426406150225920 [Source]

• 19 Oct 2022: Tweet

  This feels very significant indeed. Man in charge of Truss’s independent net zero review prepared to lose whip over this. https://twitter.com/CSkidmoreUK/status/1582764535567376387 [Source]

• 04 Oct 2022: Tweet

  .@trussliz tells @NickFerrariLBC it's a matter for the King whether he attends COP27, refusing to deny she talked to him about it. [Source]

• 27 Sep 2022: Tweet

  .@Keir_Starmer's plan to create a publicly owned Great British Energy sounds uncannily like the current bit of National Grid that Boris Johnson wanted to use to lead net-zero. Am I wrong? [Source]

• 25 Aug 2022: Tweet

  How Liz Truss handles Tory net zero sceptics will tell us a lot about her premiership. Tonight's #WaughOnPolitics is in your inbox https://inews.co.uk/opinion/fixing-britains-broken-energy-market-is-a-brexit-dividend-we-could-all-enjoy-1815986 [Source]

• 12 Aug 2022: Tweet

  Farnish eventually concedes there's "a question" as to whether the regulation needs to be tighter given climate change. She adds English water firms have a "terrible record" on leaky pipes - 20% of every litre lost, compared to Denmark 7%. [Source]

• 19 Jul 2022: Tweet

  The hottest day on record for the UK ought to act as a wake-up call to Tory leadership contenders: tackle climate change + cost of living by making it more affordable to 'go green'. Tonight's #WaughOnPolitics is in your inbox https://inews.co.uk/opinion/next-tory-leader-green-affordable-benefit-party-planet-1750077 [Source]

• 18 Jul 2022: Tweet

  Having appeared to back UK Govt's net zero target earlier today, Kemi Badenoch changes position again to float the idea of its slipping to 2070. https://twitter.com/tnewtondunn/status/1549096812241354752 [Source]

• 17 Jul 2022: Tweet

  And another difference is more of our politicians are prone to this fact-warping farrago. That's why the Tory leadership race contenders understanding of net zero benefits is worrying. Still time for sense tho. [Source]

• 15 Jul 2022: Tweet

  Here's my piece from earlier this week on why we'll all suffer if the Tories become 'the stupid party' on net zero. https://inews.co.uk/opinion/suffer-tories-stupid-party-net-zero-1735395 [Source]

• 15 Jul 2022: Tweet

  Most politicians won't be around in 2050, she says. Such a depressing level of debate. @PennyMordaunt and @TomTugendhat at least offering case for green jobs/energy security @RishiSunak reassuringly solid (tho hasn't in Treasury shown much interest in net zero until now) [Source]

• 15 Jul 2022: Tweet

  Oh my god, @KemiBadenoch wants to delay net zero. Some MPs really don't understand the scale of the climate emergency. How many more 40 degrees days do they need to finally get it? [Source]

• 13 Jul 2022: Tweet

  Does this mean TT is yet another example of a Tory leadership contender trying desperately to play to the gallery on net zero (or a chunk of that gallery)? Or does he really believe delaying net zero is a good idea? https://inews.co.uk/opinion/tory-leadership-candidates-havent-learned-boris-johnson-brand-1739036 [Source]

• 13 Jul 2022: Tweet

  @TomTugendhat saying he'd put the net zero target back will dismay so many Tories who can see this is clear win-win for green jobs and energy security. [Source]

• 13 Jul 2022: Tweet

  Looks like @trussliz has the smartest net zero policy too: put green levies for 2 years onto general taxation (Centre for Policy Studies and @CEN_HQ idea): still commits to climate change but eases burden on poorer families. https://twitter.com/CSkidmoreUK/status/1547305522617110528 [Source]

• 12 Jul 2022: Tweet

  Facile discussion on @BBCNewsnight re net zero. If @PennyMordaunt wants to cut green levies by shifting them *onto general taxation* (as recommended by CPS + @CEN_HQ) that wd be green AND help poorest. But if she wants to ditch them altogether, that's not exactly her brand. [Source]

• 12 Jul 2022: Tweet

  One of the biggest cheers from his MPs at the @RishiSunak launch was when he talked about protecting the "natural environment". Maybe he could finally grip and run with net zero opportunities? My piece from last night: https://inews.co.uk/opinion/suffer-tories-stupid-party-net-zero-1735395 [Source]

• 12 Jul 2022: Tweet

  In his mini manifesto yesterday, @sajidjavid did at least refer to net zero, tho unclear what he means by 'minimise the costs'. https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1546744490559422464/photo/1 [Source]

• 12 Jul 2022: Tweet

  Sunak's Treasury net zero review warned of costs of inaction (debt spiralling to 289% of GDP by end of century). But will he finally show a real interest? @trussliz has @KwasiKwarteng (who 'really gets it' on climate change) + @SimonClarkeMP (green jobs 4 red wall) on her team [Source]

• 12 Jul 2022: Tweet

  As @RishiSunak and @TomTugendhat prepare to formally launch their campaigns today, will either have a credible and bold plan for tackling climate change? Will any Tory leadership contender? The latest #WaughOnPolitics https://inews.co.uk/opinion/suffer-tories-stupid-party-net-zero-1735395 [Source]

• 11 Jul 2022: Tweet

  @dutaut 'The briefing is an updated version of a presentation Sir Patrick gave to Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2020, when Sir Patrick outlined the latest scientific thinking on climate change and its impacts.' Ie the basic facts of the overwhelming scientific consensus [Source]

• 11 Jul 2022: Tweet

  On the day that Patrick Vallance rams home the crucial importance of tackling climate change, the Tories are in danger of looking like 'the stupid party' on net zero. Tonight's #WaughOnPolitics https://inews.co.uk/opinion/suffer-tories-stupid-party-net-zero-1735395 [Source]

• 11 Jul 2022: Tweet

  And the latest heatwave brings it all home. As @metoffice said today "Our research shows human-caused climate change has set us on a course to see temperature extremes in UK that would be highly unlikely under a ‘natural’ climate." [Source]

• 11 Jul 2022: Tweet

  Many Tory MPs are committed to tackling climate change, but no leadership candidate has yet had the skill or courage to defend net zero or reframe it as energy security/cheaper bills. Still time for them to do so, with most formal launches yet to come. [Source]

• 11 Jul 2022: Tweet

  ????As Labour takes a 15 point lead (its biggest since 2013), the Tories risk becoming "the stupid party" on net zero. Tonight's #WaughOnPolitics is in your inbox. https://inews.co.uk/opinion/suffer-tories-stupid-party-net-zero-1735395 [Source]

• 11 Jul 2022: Tweet

  Patel line came in meeting with the European Research Group. 'The next PM must ditch green levies and “be bold” on what this means for trendy Net Zero pledges, she said...' https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/politics/19162837/priti-patel-in-last-minute-talks-to-joins-tory-leadership-race/ [Source]

• 11 Jul 2022: Tweet

  And another one. @pritipatel is poised to launch her Tory leadership bid with promise to back fracking and scrap green levies, @kateferguson4 reports. But here's why ditching net zero would be scientifically, economically and electorally stupid. https://inews.co.uk/opinion/suffer-tories-stupid-party-net-zero-1735395 [Source]

• 11 Jul 2022: Tweet

  @pritipatel is poised for a Tory leadership bid with 'ditching green levies' + fracking as key pledges, @kateferguson4 reveals https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/politics/19162837/priti-patel-in-last-minute-talks-to-joins-tory-leadership-race/ But here's why it would be scientifically, economically and electorally stupid to dump net zero: https://inews.co.uk/opinion/suffer-tories-stupid-party-net-zero-1735395 [Source]

• 11 Jul 2022: Tweet

  In other words @ZacGoldsmith was bang on last week when he warned: "most of the likely contenders are people who, on the whole, couldn’t give a shit about climate and nature”. And with 130 MPs backing net zero, that's a big chunk of votes up for grabs https://inews.co.uk/opinion/suffer-tories-stupid-party-net-zero-1735395 [Source]

• 11 Jul 2022: Tweet

  Includes this: Theresa May's last major act as PM was to commit into law a promise to get the UK to net zero by 2050. She'd announced resignation + the Tory leadership race had started. So much for the Cabinet manual edict of 'no significant new policies' in caretaker period? [Source]

• 11 Jul 2022: Tweet

  We'll all suffer if the Tories become the stupid party on Net Zero My latest on the missing bit of the Tory leadership debate so far. https://inews.co.uk/opinion/suffer-tories-stupid-party-net-zero-1735395?ito=twitter_share_article-top [Source]

• 07 Jul 2022: Tweet

  .@SteveBakerHW tells the BBC he wants to be PM. “In last 7 of the 12 yrs I’ve been in Parliament, I have provided leadership + organisation through really massive crises, whether it's been Brexit or COVID, race relations, net zero...Of course I’m seriously considering standing.” [Source]

• 19 Jun 2022: Tweet

  Well done @JonnyDymond for leading @BBCRadio4 The World This Weekend on the failure of the Bonn climate change talks. Developing countries were promised in Glasgow COP26 a deal on "loss and damage", and now sense betrayal by the richer countries. [Source]

• 04 Jun 2022: Tweet

  @sinichol @HughEaston @jenskristianson @lleopard11 @FollowTheScien4 @WeAreOEF @WoopsWoah @Just_Looking_Up @Stockfttp @Scot_Scientist @TobyArnott2B @Beau__Cameron @DrSimEvans @yestiseye @OskaArcher @GretaThunberg @SolarStorageAu @Solar_EnergyUK @BrianGitt @simonahac Simon can you take me out of this thread please? I don't mind green energy convos but arguing with pro Russia useful idiots is clogging up my timeline. Thanks [Source]

• 08 Apr 2022: Tweet

  @GeoffreyLean @RHarrabin @BorisJohnson @James_BG @GeorgeMonbiot @eciu @CarbonBrief Yes as outlined here. Both @BorisJohnson and @KwasiKwarteng may well be playing a canny long game on net zero: https://inews.co.uk/opinion/energy-security-strategy-boris-johnson-prisoner-own-cabinet-1562251 [Source]

• 07 Apr 2022: Tweet

  .@BorisJohnson has taken fright at Tory MPs' worries about relaxing onshore wind curbs in England. But are he and @KwasiKwarteng playing a cannier game on net zero? My latest for @theipaper https://inews.co.uk/opinion/energy-security-strategy-boris-johnson-prisoner-own-cabinet-1562251 [Source]

• 26 Mar 2022: Tweet

  Plus ????@huwmerriman and @FrancesOGrady on P&O ferries ????@rsylvestertimes and @samuelhall0 on Tory tensions over net zero and wind power [Source]

• 22 Mar 2022: Tweet

  Major signal that Govt sees more wind farms as quickest (and often cheapest) route to the energy security + net zero aims. @KwasiKwarteng speaks to @elliottengage https://twitter.com/theipaper/status/1506199768200093697 [Source]

• 07 Mar 2022: Tweet

  PM says there will be some extra domestic UK oil/gas production. "That doesn’t mean abandoning our commitment to CO2 [targets] you can do that but you’ve got to accept the reality...as a transition [to net zero] with more hydrocarbons" but also more nuclear + renewables [Source]

• 01 Mar 2022: Tweet

  Sir Patrick Vallance aka @uksciencechief writes for @theipaper. Why the UK has to get much better at not just preventing climate change but also preparing for it: https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/sir-patrick-vallance-uk-storms-weather-live-with-climate-change-1488664?ico=best_of_opinion [Source]

• 28 Feb 2022: Tweet

  Most interesting aspect of this thread is how committed it is to net zero. Business sec on board with @BorisJohnson on this agenda. https://twitter.com/KwasiKwarteng/status/1498197281144725505 [Source]

• 18 Feb 2022: Tweet

  As the climate change committee's Baroness Brown just told @BBCr4today govt itself it admits it must go further and faster. [Source]

• 18 Feb 2022: Tweet

  As #StormEunice hits landfall, will the penny drop with the Treasury that climate change needs urgent action? https://inews.co.uk/opinion/storm-eunice-and-dudley-weather-show-climate-friendly-train-travel-more-urgent-than-ever-1466521 [Source]

• 17 Feb 2022: Tweet

  As #StormEunice looms, will the penny drop with the Treasury that climate change needs urgent action? Tonight's #WaughOnPolitics is in your inbox https://inews.co.uk/opinion/storm-eunice-and-dudley-weather-show-climate-friendly-train-travel-more-urgent-than-ever-1466521 [Source]

• 02 Feb 2022: Tweet

  Utterly brilliant journalism by @daisydunnesci and the @CarbonBrief team Revealed: the slide-show that convinced @BorisJohnson to act on climate change. https://www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-the-11-slides-that-finally-convinced-boris-johnson-about-global-warming/ [Source]

• 11 Jan 2022: Tweet

  In the Commons, @KwasiKwarteng welcomes @jreynoldsMP to role of shad biz sec, but says he regrets @Ed_Miliband (now shadow 'net zero secretary') no longer in post. "This split of net zero from business shows I’m afraid that Labour isn’t serious about the energy crisis..." [Source]

• 18 Dec 2021: Tweet

  Here we go Yes tax hikes, but also net zero and covid-curbs-that-aren't-vaccine-passports. EXCLUSIVE: Brexit minister Lord Frost walks out on Boris https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10324429/Brexit-minister-Lord-Frost-walks-Boris.html?ito=native_share_article-masthead [Source]

• 06 Nov 2021: Tweet

  As #COP26 continues, and as @BorisJohnson is expected to return for its finale next weekend, here's the inside story on his Damascene conversion on treating climate change seriously. Sir Patrick Vallance and Met Office experts showed him the data.. https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-cop-26-westminister-sleaze-1287157 [Source]

• 02 Nov 2021: Tweet

  "This country's had enough referendums to be going on with for a while" - @BorisJohnson dismisses the idea of a referendum on UK plans to hit net zero [Source]

• 01 Nov 2021: Tweet

  .@BorisJohnson gets serious about climate change. Tonight's #WaughonPolitics is out https://inews.co.uk/opinion/boris-johnson-cop26-speech-changed-tack-career-1279191 [Source]

• 01 Nov 2021: Tweet

  Modi full plan ("a gift of five elixirs"): 1. raise non fossil energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030. 2. 50% from renewable energy sources by 2030 3. cut total carbon emissions by 1bn tonnes by 2030 4. cut carbon intensity for its economy by 45% by 2030 5 achieve net zero by 2070 [Source]

• 01 Nov 2021: Tweet

  But here's the kicker. Modi: "By 2070, India will achieve the target of net zero emissions..." Note 2070, not 2050. Lots of countries will think that's a kick in the teeth. Others may take comfort from some of his non-fossil fuel pledges [Source]

• 01 Nov 2021: Tweet

  Modi unveils 5 point plan, includes: India will fulfil 50% of its energy requirements from a renewable energy sources by 2030 [Source]

• 01 Nov 2021: Tweet

  India's PM Narendra Modi deploying characteristic modesty: "Today the entire world acknowledges that India is the only big economy in the world that has delivered both in letter and spirit on its Paris commitments.." #COP26 [Source]

• 01 Nov 2021: Tweet

  Brian Cox is opening the #COP26 summit with a video. No, it's not a big 'fuck offffff' to world leaders, Succession style. It's @ProfBrianCox telling them there may be only one Earth. [Source]

• 30 Oct 2021: Tweet

  I'm told @BorisJohnson blurted out in public in #PMQs this week a key climate change pledge he'd been told in private. Here's my @theipaper weekend read on the PM's unorthodox diplomacy, ahead of #COP26 https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/cop-26-glasgow-boris-johnsons-political-informality-biggest-global-test-1275792 https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1454358773737435138/photo/1 [Source]

• 28 Oct 2021: Tweet

  .@RishiSunak i/view on @BBCr4today was most uncomfortable I've heard him since he became Chancellor. But not just because the PM got his way on Spending Review/Budget On climate change, on tax burden, on Brexit his arguments were notably thin. [Source]

• 24 Oct 2021: Tweet

  Hint however of what UK govt will try to frame as mark of success of COP26. When UK started its hosting period, just 30% of govts had net zero targets, now it is "already 80%", Sunak says [Source]

• 23 Oct 2021: Tweet

  Anyone expecting extra climate change cash beyond last week's £26bn (over three yrs SR period) is likely to be disappointed. Instead, the Chancellor will detail locations of projects that will benefit from that funding. Spoiler: green jobs in the Red Wall is a priority. [Source]

• 23 Oct 2021: Tweet

  It's the weekend before the Budget + Spending Review. Here's my in-depth look in @theipaper on whether @RishiSunak will use the big event to tackle climate change. https://inews.co.uk/news/budget-rishi-sunak-green-policies-red-wall-jobs-1264491 [Source]

• 22 Oct 2021: Tweet

  Just how 'green' is @RishiSunak really? The past week's Net Zero Review, plus next week's Budget + Spending Review, give us some key clues. Tonight's #WaughOnPolitics is out https://inews.co.uk/news/budget-rishi-sunak-green-policies-red-wall-jobs-1264491 [Source]

• 20 Oct 2021: Tweet

  Very bullish defence of govt green policy from @KwasiKwarteng to @amolrajan. Notably, he appears to disagree with Treasury net zero review line that the cost of shift to electric cars "may fall disproportionately on the lower income groups". [Source]

• 19 Oct 2021: Tweet

  Big deal this, @GregHands confirms govt "will also introduce a zero emission vehicle mandate that will deliver our 2030 commitment to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars". [Source]

• 19 Oct 2021: Tweet

  “We were the first to knit the deadly tea cosy of CO2” @BorisJohnson on the UK's industrial revolution and its subsequent duty to combat greenhouse gases. [Source]

• 27 Sep 2021: Tweet

  But she does unveil a big new 'climate investment pledge' of 28billion a year in capital investment [Source]

• 21 Sep 2021: Tweet

  Ian Wright, Chief exec of Food and Drink Federation, tells @BBCr4today govt have about "10 days" to sort out the CO2 shortage crisis. 1 week before poultry stunning starts to stop, and a few more days before packaging affected. [Source]