The UK is scheduled to host COP26 in Glasgow in November, the 26th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, dubbed as the ‘last change’ by Climate experts to keep global temperatures within safe 1.5 degrees warming limits. All the Parliamentary Select Committees with an interest in Climate and Environmental issues are scrutinizing progress towards COP26 in the run up to November, and the Environmental Audit Committee recently held their session. Barry questioned Alok Sharma on how the UK’s recent domestic announcements in the Budget, namely the super-deductions for capital allowances which could go to infrastructure of fossil fuel companies, demonstrate the international leadership required of the UK as COP26 President, and how much scope the COP26 Unit has in steering the UK’s domestic Climate policies in advance of COP26.