Readers respond to an article in which the prime minister said the government’s gasfield approval was part of its commitment to a greener future Andy Burnham writes that his determination to tackle the climate crisis is “unwavering” and that the transition must not leave communities behind ( We will make the net-zero transition work for Britain – approving the Jackdaw gasfield is part of the plan, 22 October ). Whatever one thinks of Jackdaw, the test of that pledge is whether people are also protected from climate impacts that are already here. The research that you reported on last week attributed two-thirds of the heat deaths that it estimated – 4,354 of them in the UK – to climate change. Continue reading...
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