Ed Miliband: COP29 deal 'creates huge opportunities for business and jobs'

James Murray
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Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary declares deal brokered in Baku is in Britain's national interest, as he warns work towards COP30 starts now

Ed Miliband has hailed the climate finance package that was finalised at the eleventh hour at the COP29 Climate Summit in Baku last night as a deal that is in "Britain's interests", predicting it will...

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