"No Drama Sharma": Meet Agra-Born UK Minister Who Presided Over COP26
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Alok Sharma was born in Agra in 1967 and his parents moved to Reading, a commuter-belt town west of London five years later.
Alok Sharma was hardly a household name in Britain, let alone the rest of the world, when appointed to lead the UN climate talks now reaching a climax in Glasgow.
But with the planet's future at stake, the COP26 president has had to emerge from the shadows to stand in a blindingly bright spotlight over the past fortnight, trying to reconcile seemingly irreconcilable demands.
Reflecting on his own role, the self-effacing former UK business secretary said on Thursday: "People sometimes describe me as 'No Drama Sharma'."
The nickname is modelled on the former US president, Barack Obama. But Sharma will have been hoping for a better outcome than "No Drama Obama".
