COP26 Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

COP26

Robert Jenrick Excerpts
Monday 15th November 2021

(2 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robert Jenrick Portrait Robert Jenrick (Newark) (Con)
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The Prime Minister is right to say that the whole country should take pride in the manner in which the UK has hosted the COP talks in the last few weeks. One of the elements that distinguished COP26 from previous COPs was the much greater and more meaningful involvement of business. How can we ensure that that continues and becomes one of the defining characteristics of the remainder of the UK’s COP presidency?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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My right hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I think that that was one of the most important defining characteristics of this COP, and the role of business is now seen to be critical by partners around the world. The new country platforms that we are creating will only be possible with the help of the trillions of private sector investment.