Labour will take global lead on climate action, Ed Miliband vows

Ed Miliband says that climate is the front line in the battle against the populist right across the world. Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian

Labour will promise to take the lead on global efforts to tackle the climate crisis, filling a “vacuum of leadership” on the world stage and proving Rishi Sunak’s U-turn on net zero has been a “historic mistake”, Ed Miliband has said.

The shadow energy security and net zero secretary said the UK needed to change course and was “off track”.