RESIDENTS have been praised for helping to secure the next global conference for climate change to the UK.

Winsford MP Antoinette Sandbach has been collecting signatures on a petition of an Eddisbury residents who supported the British bid.

Mrs Sandbach said: "Demonstrating that there is public support from all over the UK to host this event was an important part of our winning bid.

"Thank you to everyone who signed the petition. Now let’s make sure that this conference is a huge success – the future of our planet depends on getting the whole world to work together.”

Britain has now secured the nomination to host the conference due to be held in December 2020.

The event expected to be known as COP26 will be held in Glasgow.

Eddisbury MP Mrs Sandbach said: "Everyone remembers that the Paris Climate Change conference in 2015 was a major step forward in bringing countries together to focus on the impact of global warming.

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"The 2020 conference will be a unique opportunity to ensure action is taken all across the world to tackle the biggest challenge facing our planet.

"It is a significant step forward that this will be held in the UK as we are the first major economy to put into law our commitment to end our own contribution to global warming and to becoming a 'net zero' economy.”