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UK appoints 'climate security' envoy, a world first
The new envoy will strengthen international partnerships and treat climate and nature risks as national security threats, officials said.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Andy Burnham addressed the COP31 summit in Antalya, Turkey, pledging a "new era of British leadership" over the next decade while declaring climate change a "national security issue."
- Following a "not normal" summer of extreme heat and wildfires, Burnham warned that the global consensus on climate action has fractured and the "climate crisis is upon all of us now."
- Burnham welcomed a £12 billion investment in offshore wind farms, including £1 billion from the state-owned National Wealth Fund. He endorsed Turkey's pledge to increase global electricity demand from renewable sources from 21% to 35% by 2035.
- Addressing environmental risks as national security threats, Burnham appointed Dame Madeleine Alessandri as the UK's first climate security envoy. Alessandri will strengthen understanding of climate threats and build resilience to future challenges through international partnerships.
- After the summit, Burnham travels to Dublin for the European Political Community meeting to hold bilateral talks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Activists criticize his government for authorizing the Jackdaw gas field and potentially rolling back electric vehicle targets.
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The United Kingdom will establish an emissary "for climate security" in the face of the proliferation of global warming-related disasters, Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced on Thursday at a summit of Heads of State and Government at COP31, a first. ...
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Antalya (Turkey), Nov 12 (EFE).- UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham defended electrification at the COP31 climate summit in Antalya (Turkey) this Thursday as a way to reduce bills, create jobs and protect families from the shocks of fossil fuel markets. Burnham, one of the few chiefs of [...] The entry Burnham promises at COP31 a new era of British leadership in climate policies was first published in HolaNews.
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