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Michael Jacobs

Starmer can help shape the future of the world at Cop30. He can’t let fear of Farage stop him

Keir Starmer and wind turbines
‘Two years ago, Keir Starmer (above) attacked Rishi Sunak for not going to a climate meeting and said that, were he prime minister, he would definitely attend.’ Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

No sooner has Keir Starmer reshuffled his cabinet, pronounced on Reform’s racist policies and made his party conference speech, than another key decision comes hurtling towards him. But this one concerns the future of the world. The issue is whether the prime minister attends the UN climate summit in Brazil next month.

You may think this would not require too much thought. Two years ago, Starmer attacked Rishi Sunak for not going to a much less significant climate meeting and said that, were he prime minister, he would definitely attend.

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