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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

UK to appoint nature envoy for first time

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy attends a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha
The foreign secretary, David Lammy, hopes to signal that the UK is taking the threat of climate breakdown very seriously. Photograph: Alina Smutko/Reuters

The UK government is planning to appoint a special envoy for nature for the first time, as the foreign secretary, David Lammy, seeks to put the UK at the centre of global efforts to tackle the world’s ecological crises, the Guardian has learned.

Labour will also appoint a new climate envoy, after the Tories abolished the post over a year ago, a move that dismayed foreign governments and climate campaigners.

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