Foreign Secretary speech at the 'Blue Finance and Innovation' event at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)
What was announced
Ed Miliband delivered a speech at the 'Blue Finance and Innovation' event at CHOGM on 03 November 2026. He outlined UK leadership on ocean finance, private finance mobilisation, climate resilience and sustainable growth.
Key points, in the publisher's words
- Can I begin by saying to you, Prime Minister, thank you so much for hosting us in your fantastic country. It has been a wonderful CHOGM so far and I can feel the positive atmosphere that you have created.
- I’m also going to let people into a secret that when we met in our office a few weeks ago, I asked you what the secret of your great political success was, and you told me about the four-hour phone-in you do every Saturday with your population. I confess I have repeated this to a few other world leaders here who look slightly horrified and amazed.
- I also want to thank the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, and indeed the Centre of Excellence for Oceanography and the Blue Economy, and all the sponsors of today’s event.
Figures in this announcement
Each line is quoted from the original. Figures are as the publisher stated them on the day.
- “And I say that because I think the oceans are now in many ways at the centre of so many of the issues that we see in our world - seeing so much of the effects of the climate crisis, absorbing 80% of temperature rises, at the centre of prosperity for so many countries, and crucial to issues of security, trade, and conflict in the world.”
Who and where
People
- Ed Miliband (MP for Doncaster North (Labour)) · more news
UK bodies of power
- Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (UK government department) · more news
Global and regional bodies
- Commonwealth of Nations (Level 8 of 10) · more news
Constituencies of the MPs named: Doncaster North.
Where this sits in the 10 levels of power
- Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies · news at this level
- Level 6: National government · news at this level
Topics, as GOV.UK files them: Foreign affairs, Climate change international action.
Receipt
- Original: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/foreign-secretary-speech-at-the-blue-finance-and-innovation-event-at-the-commonwealth-heads-of-government-meeting-chogm
- Published 2026-11-04 18:53:59 UTC
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