The Environment Secretary has said been criticised for saying she uses
“permanent cups” to tackle global warming amid continuing pressure on
the Prime Minister over his decision not to attend the COP27 global
climate summit next month.
During an interview with BBC
Breakfast on Friday morning, Thérèse Coffey stumbled when asked what she
was personally doing to address the climate crisis.
The newly
appointed Environment Secretary said: “I’ve always tried to keep the
good habits that I got into when I was Environment Minister before, so
the use of kind of cups as it were, to be about permanent cups that we
can recycle properly or reuse I think is a better way of doing it.
“We just all have to keep thinking about the amount of packaging we endure or food waste and other elements like that.
“So
I’ll be getting back very much being a champion for those habits, which
is about improving what we can do every day in order to help tackle the
environmental challenges we face.”
Ms Coffey’s comments with
met with criticism on social media, with some viewers expressing
scepticism over her climate credentials.
It comes as the new
Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, comes under increasing pressure after No 10
said he would not attend the COP27 climate summit, which will be held
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