Claire Perry, who is now known as Claire Perry O’Neill, is to leave her role as President of the UN Climate Change Conference, Coffee House understands. Over the summer, the former Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth had been nominated to serve as the President of COP 26 – for when the UK takes over the stewardship of the global effort to tackle climate change in a conference in Glasgow this November. However, a Whitehall source says that this will no longer be the case:
‘Everything to do with COP is being integrated with the SoS BEIS from this weekend. Clare Perry will no longer be involved. We wish her well after all her brilliant work.’
In a organisational shake-up, the Business Secretary will have full charge of plans for the conference. That is currently Andrea Leadsom. However, with a reshuffle expected in the Commons in the coming days it could be someone else at the helm soon enough.
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