Reports: Foreign Office prepares for 'scaled down' climate work
Sunday papers report on civil service documents suggesting embassies to step up focus on trade at expense of "some economic security-related work like climate change and illegal wildlife"
The government may scale back some of its international work on climate change in order to ensure the Foreign Office is better focused on deliver a post-Brexit trade boost for the UK, according to reports...
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