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Theresa May warns world is at a crucial crossroad for our climate , as she takes up new role at Aldersgate Group
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Theresa May was PM between 2016 and 2019
Former Prime Minister set to take become chair at influential sustainable business group, succeeding former Labour MP Joan Walley
Theresa May has pledged to champion the business case for decarbonising the UK economy , as she takes up a new role as chair of the Aldersgate Group later this week.
The sustainable business group revealed this morning that the former prime minister has agreed to succeed former Labour MP Joan Walley, who has chaired the influential business group since 2015.
Theresa May named as new Aldersgate Group chair
Green business coalition the Aldersgate Group has named former Prime Minister Theresa May as its new chair, effective from Tuesday (20 July).
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May is replacing Joan Walley, former Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent, who had acted as chair since 2015. Walley has completed a two-term period of office and each chair of the Group is permitted a maximum of two consecutive terms.
In a statement released today (19 July), the Aldersgate Group pointed to a number of green policy milestones delivered during May’s time as Prime Minister. The decision to enshrine the UK’s net-zero target for 2050 in law was one of May’s last major acts before she stepped down as Conservative Party leader in 2019 and came following extensive engagement work with the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee. Her approach was to amend the Climate Ch