COP26 chief and former UK cabinet minister Alok Sharma is among the prominent Indian-origin people honoured by King Charles III. Sharma, 55, has been knighted for his contribution to combating climate change through his leadership at the COP26 Summit.

Ex-UK minister Alok Sharma among Indian origin people knighted by King Charles

COP26 President Alok Sharma interacted with WION's Sidhant Sibal. He elaborated on current heat waves in the UK and said that climate change is not entirely responsible for it.

COP26 President Alok Sharma speaks to WION on UK Heatwave & British politics

WION speaks to COP26 President Alok Sharma as he elaborates on heat waves in the UK

The visiting President of COP26 or Conference of Parties Alok Sharma has said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown “real leadership” on climate change with initiatives like ISA or International Solar Alliance and the CDRI or Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure.

PM Modi has shown real leadership on Climate Change: COP26 President Alok Sharma

COP26 climate summit’s president Alok Sharma asked India and China to “explain themselves to poor nations” after they watered down the clause on ending the usage of coal.

COP26 president criticises India, China over coal use move

Finally, a new global climate deal has been signed at COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow. But at the conclusion of the summit, Britain's president of the conference Alok Sharma seemed to 'fight back tears' as the leader apologised for a last-minute change on the wording over coal.

Late change over coal forces COP26 president Alok Sharma to hold back tears as deal gets signed

The UK president-designate of the Cop26 talks, Alok Sharma, has said that achieving a global climate deal in Glasgow in the next three weeks will be harder than signing the Paris agreement of 2015.

Cop26 climate deal will be harder than Paris accord, says Alok Sharma

Speaking on Saturday afternoon in Milan, Alok Sharma also said the world's leading economies would deliver on their promise to deliver $100 billion a year to poorer countries struggling to deal with climate change.

COP26 presient calls $100 billion climate finance pledge "vital"

The UK government's climate chief Alok Sharma has warned that the world is "dangerously close" to running out of time to stop a climate change catastrophe. Sharma, who is leading COP26, the climate summit hosted by the UK this year, said that the effects were already clear with floods, fires and heatwaves.

Time running out to stop 'catastrophe', warns UK's climate chief

British COP26 president Alok Sharma described a forthcoming UN report about climate change in stark terms; as offering the international community its clearest warning about the risks of accelerating climate change.

Upcoming UN climate report presents 'starkest warning yet'

The government minister responsible for this year’s UN climate change conference in Glasgow has flown to 30 countries in the past seven months. According to Daily Mail, Ashok Sharma was appointed as president of Cop26 in January and has visited countries including Brazil, Indonesia and Kenya since February.

Climate change summit Cop26's president Alok Sharma flew to 30 countries in 7 months

UK's COP26 President Alok Sharma said on Friday that the world must act now to slow global warming otherwise there will be a climate catastrophe. He also said that if we do not act now, the science tells us these effects will become more frequent and more brutal, that we will witness a scale of global catastrophe the likes of which the world has not seen.

UK's COP26 Chief says world must act now to avoid climate catastrophe

Retailers have urged the British public not to stockpile food or toilet roll in the event of a no-deal Brexit as time runs out for the UK and the EU to reach a trade agreement.

UK: Retailers urge public not to stockpile food as threat of no-deal Brexit looms

Britain's business minister Alok Sharma has been tested negative for the novel coronavirus. He posted a statement on Twitter regarding his test results. Also read: Dutch to slaughter around 10,000 mink after coronavirus outbreak on farms Alok Sharma was taken in for testing after he was found ill in the parliament.

UK business minister Alok Sharma tests negative for coronavirus

The United Kingdom recorded 170 deaths on Sunday bringing that total toll to 34,636, business minister Alok Sharma said. This is the lowest 24-hour tally since March 24.

Coronavirus: Britain records 170 deaths in 24 hours, lowest since March

Boris Johnson's new look cabinet features three British Indians. Rishi Sunak, Alok Sharma and Priti Patel will play a major role in re-defining the United Kingdom post Brexit.

Gravitas: British Indians take top jobs in British Cabinet

Son of British health service worker, Oxford educated Rishi Sunak inherited public service from his parents and rose to become UK's first Indian origin finance minister, replacing Pakistani-origin Sajid Javid.

WION Dispatch: Indian origin MP'S take top 3 ministries

There has been a major cabinet re-shuffle in the United Kingdom. Three Indian-origin legislators now form the top-3 of PM Boris Johnson's cabinet. Also read: From working in chemist shop to becoming UK's new finance minister - Who is Rishi Sunak?

Three Indian origin MPs make it to Johnson's cabinet

Indian-origin politician Rishi Sunak is appointed as Finance Minister of the United Kingdom on February 13. He was appointed by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the cabinet reshuffle. Former UK Finance Minister Sajid Javid resigned in a surprise move that shattered Prime Minister Boris Johnson's choreographed reshuffle of his government and raised questions over his leadership team.

UK: Rishi Sunak appointed as Finance Minister, Indian-origin MPs take top 3 ministries

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