UK will seek global coalition for climate action, says Ed Miliband as Cop29 ends

Ed Miliband said forging a global climate coalition is ‘100% in Britain’s self-interest’. Photograph: Murad Sezer/Reuters

The UK will seek a global coalition to push for climate action after a fractious end to UN climate talks in Azerbaijan, the UK energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has pledged.

The Cop29 conference ended on Sunday with a deal promising $300bn in finance for developing countries by 2035, which critics called a “failure” and “betrayal”.