Al Gore puzzled by UK cuts to renewable energy support

Former US vice president says he does not understand Conservative cuts to solar and wind subsidies, and wants UK to regain leadership on climate change

The former vice president of the US, Al Gore, has called on the British government to resume its former leadership on climate change, in order to forge a global agreement on greenhouse gas emissions this December at a crunch conference in Paris.

While saying he would not interfere in other countries' politics, Gore said he was "puzzled" by the Conservative government's measures to roll back support for renewable energy.