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PM Andy Burnham was the only G7 leader to go to COP31

ByEsme Stallard, Justin Rowlatt and Mark PoyntingBBC Climate and Science
  • Published33 minutes ago

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has warned that the consensus on both science and climate change has "gone".

Addressing other world leaders and delegates at the COP31 climate summit in Turkey, he said that despite this, the UK was ready to begin a "new era of British leadership" on the climate change issue.