https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/burnham-recommits-net-zero-campaigners-demand-deeds
Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers a speech during the Cop31 UN Climate Change Conference in Antalya, Turkey, November 12, 2026ANDY BURNHAM told world leaders today that “Britain is back and ready to play its full part” in tackling climate change just weeks after his government greenlit the Jackdaw gas field.
The Prime Minister made the remarks in his address to the United Nations Cop31 summit in Turkey as a decision looms on whether to license the UK’s biggest untapped oil and gas field, Rosebank.
Mr Burnham, speaking to an audience that included London Mayor Sadiq Khan and Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, said: “The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it is upon us all now, devastating lives and livelihoods everywhere.
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But, in the wake of the recent approval of Jackdaw, new analysis from campaign group Uplift suggested that pending North Sea licences, if granted, could generate lifetime emissions equivalent to the UK annual total.
Climate campaigners also appeared unconvinced by Mr Burnham’s rhetoric.
Green Party leader Zack Polanski accused the PM of being “all mouth and no trousers, and no more so than on climate action.”
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