Lord Nicholas Stern welcomes Andy Burnham’s speech at COP31

Welcoming the speech today by the UK Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, at the COP31 United Nations climate change summit in Antalya, Türkiye, Professor Lord Stern of Brentford, Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Global School of Sustainability, at the London School of Economics and Political Science, said: 

“The Prime Minister was right to identify climate change as a threat to security around the world, and the importance of investments in clean electricity generation as the best way of protecting households and businesses from the high prices and volatile markets for fossil fuels. 

“The Prime Minister’s explicit commitment to the delivery of net zero emissions by 2050 in the UK is important for the nation’s continued international leadership and credibility. His pledge to help developing countries to deal with the impacts of climate change and to transition away from fossil fuels will also be welcomed around the world.”

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