COP31: How Ed Miliband answered Carbon Brief readers’ questions

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UK foreign secretary and COP veteran Ed Miliband in Antalya spoke with Carbon Brief earlier today at COP31 in Antalya, Turkey, to answer readers’ questions.

UK foreign secretary and COP veteran Ed Miliband spoke with Carbon Brief earlier today at COP31 in Antalya, Turkey, to answer readers’ questions.

Carbon Brief readers submitted questions via CB Connect on topics including the UK’s “climate leadership”, the COP31 electrification target, as well as the roadmaps on deforestation and fossil fuels.

Despite recent criticism over the approval of the Jackdaw gas field, Miliband argued that the UK is still seen as a climate leader, due to its “ambitious targets on net-zero”.

Pushing back on a question about COP reform, Miliband explained how he is “quite pro the institution of the COP”, given its role in bringing countries together for climate action.

He emphasised the importance of action on methane and the UK’s “support” for the “35×35” electrification pledge.

Carbon Brief: Well, thanks very much for joining us. I know you’re very busy and we’ve got some reader questions. It’s great that you’ve got time to answer some.

CB: How, in your experience at COP31 so far, has the UK’s decision to approve the Jackdaw gas field and the rumoured rollback of its EV targets affected the UK’s standing as a climate leader?

EM: People see us as showing leadership. People don’t see us as rolling back, and I think what people see is a government that is driving the agenda on electrification and clean power. Because after all, we have a clean power 2030 target, which is world-leading.

[We] have the most ambitious targets on net-zero, the [nationally determined contributions] NDCs, of frankly, any country in the world. [We] are legislating for no new oil and gas licences.

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