UK minister departs Cop28 as climate talks reach crisis point
by Fiona Harvey and Patrick Greenfield in Dubai, and from World news | The Guardian on (#6H2XC)
Graham Stuart's surprise exit leaves civil servants in Dubai to finish negotiations in his absence
The UK minister in charge of Cop28 climate talks has returned to London, the Guardian has learned, leaving civil servants to finish the fraught negotiations in his absence.
Graham Stuart, the minister of state for climate change, left Dubai on Tuesday morning to return to his duties as an MP, the government confirmed, even as the climate talks reached crisis point.
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