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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Politics
Maya Yang

Keir Starmer to call for UK clean energy action in New York City address

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‘The world is facing serious threats from extreme poverty to criminal gangs to climate change,’ said Starmer in a video for the Global Citizen Festival. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The UK Labour party leader, Keir Starmer, is calling for action to transform the nation into a clean energy superpower after the British Conservative prime minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement earlier this week of new reversals and delays to net zero commitments.

In a video address that organisers of the Global Citizen Festival (GCF) plan to play on Saturday afternoon at an event in New York City, Starmer said: “The world is facing serious threats from extreme poverty to criminal gangs to climate change. Only progressive internationalist politics can rise to these challenges and deliver a secure future.

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