# EXCLUSIVE: Ask Ed Miliband, UK foreign secretary, your COP31 questions

**URL:** <https://connect.carbonbrief.org/t/exclusive-ask-ed-miliband-uk-foreign-secretary-your-cop31-questions/118>\
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**Created:** [November 10, 2026, 9:55am UTC](https://connect.carbonbrief.org/t/exclusive-ask-ed-miliband-uk-foreign-secretary-your-cop31-questions/118 "2026-11-10T09:55:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://connect.carbonbrief.org/t/exclusive-ask-ed-miliband-uk-foreign-secretary-your-cop31-questions/118/18 "2026-11-11T22:38:40Z")

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As one of those who has pressed hardest at COPs for reductions in methane emissions as the quickest way to slow warming and avoid tipping points, do you agree with Secretary General Guterres and Barbados PM Mia Mottley that voluntary action is no longer enough and that the time has come for mandatory measures?

Geoffrey Lean

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