There was a time before my O-levels when I remember thinking I used to study hard and work hard to please my mother, like most young children. And then I realised I’m doing this for me. Ed Davey Read Quote
If we can speed up the deployment of clean energy technologies in developing countries with investments from the Green Climate Fund, hundreds of millions of people will be able to access electricity for the first time – with all the education, health, communication and entrepreneurial opportunities electricity enables. Ed Davey Read Quote
We have been developing an ever closer relationship with China on climate change for many years which has led to collaboration on carbon trading, offshore wind development, on low-carbon buildings, on nuclear energy, and on carbon capture and storage – to name just some of the ways in which we’re working together. Ed Davey Read Quote
Solar power – the costs have dramatically fallen, far faster than anyone has speculated. It’s probably one of the greatest steps forward in human history. Ed Davey Read Quote
I’m all in favour of talking to other parties, always have been, always will be. I’m a pluralist, talk to them, see what we’ve got in common, work together, fine. Ed Davey Read Quote
When I was energy and climate change secretary I sat around a cabinet table with Gove, and he couldn’t help playing to the Tory climate-sceptic audience. As education secretary, he tried to ban climate change from the geography curriculum. After an angry exchange of letters with me, he eventually backed down. Ed Davey Read Quote
In both world wars, Britain understood that our national sovereignty could only endure if we cooperated with other nations. That our fate is inexorably bound with that of our neighbours. Ed Davey Read Quote
We are strong supporters of energy efficiency. The question is: what is the most appropriate way of doing it? Ed Davey Read Quote
