Ministerial role

COP26 President

Organisations: Cabinet Office

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

  • leading preparations for the 26th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), to be held in Glasgow in November 2021.
  • chairing the Climate Action Implementation Cabinet Committee to coordinate government action towards net zero by 2050

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Sir Alok Sharma KCMG MP

    2021 to 2022