UK appoints climate change envoy

8 June 2006, source edie newsroom

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Career diplomat John Ashton has been appointed as the UK's first ever special envoy for climate change. Mr Ashton, who played a vital role in persuading Russia to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, will work under Margaret Beckett and will work to persuade governments to take more action on reducing carbon emissions.

Sam Bond

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