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Nina Lloyd

PM vows to ‘double down’ on net zero after admitting ‘consensus is gone’

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer gives a speech at the Cop30 summit in Belem (Mauro Pimentel/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer challenged opposition critics with a promise to double down on net zero as he admitted the “consensus is gone” on climate change in a speech at the UN’s Cop30 summit.

The Prime Minister staunchly defended his Government’s clean energy agenda, but conceded unity on “science that is unequivocal” has splintered since the Paris Accord a decade ago.

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