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David Cameron turned down a proposal from Prime Minister Boris Johnson to go the COP26 local weather summit in Glasgow in November, it has emerged.
The concept was mentioned with the previous PM, however Mr Cameron thought the job ought to go to a authorities minister.
It comes after Claire O’Neill, a former Conservative minister for vitality and clear progress, was sacked from the role.
Former International Secretary Lord Hague was additionally concerned in discussions however is not going to be taking over the presidency both.
Downing Road has refused to remark.
Information of Mrs O’Neill’s alternative is predicted to come back in an imminent reshuffle of ministers.
Lord Barker of Battle, who served as an vitality and local weather change minister underneath Mr Cameron, advised BBC Two’s Newsnight: “My understanding is that he [Mr Cameron] felt it was just a bit too quickly for him personally to come back again right into a frontline political position.”
The United Nations-led COP26 talks are an important for the reason that Paris Settlement to curb international warming was secured in 2015.
International locations are anticipated to ship extra bold home plans for chopping greenhouse gases by 2030, as present proposals usually are not sufficient to forestall harmful temperature rises.
On Tuesday, Mr Johnson refused to reply questions on the launch of COP26 about who would substitute Mrs O’Neill, who stood down as a Conservative MP on the election.
Downing Road advised her she couldn’t chair the assembly as a result of she was not a minister.
Sources near Mrs O’Neill say they suppose she was fired for criticising authorities failings.
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She has accused the federal government of a “huge lack of leadership and engagement” on local weather change and claimed the prime minister had admitted he “would not actually get” the problem.
However senior cupboard minister Michael Gove advised the BBC Mr Johnson was devoted to environmental points, and 30 years in the past had described his political outlook as that of a “inexperienced Tory”.