The Prime Minister said on Thursday that Britain will go to “everything” for a low -carbon future and accelerate the batch to zero, instead of slowing down, as some have requested.
In his strongest announcement so far from support for the Safi Al -Safir A conference in London for more than 60 countries Treating the climate crisis and enhancing energy security was “in the DNA of my government.”
He said: “This government is now acting with an industrial industrial policy, to seize opportunities [in low-carbon technology] To enhance investment, build new industries, push the competitiveness in the United Kingdom, and open export opportunities. This is the change we need. We will not wait – we will accelerate. “
Starmer letter – which was made in front of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der LinThe United States Energy Officer, Tommy Joyce – explained that the Prime Minister believes that renewable energy is essential to the prosperity of the United Kingdom and the national security in the United Kingdom.
He said: “We are paying the price of excessive exposure, over many years, to the group of international fossil fuels markets, leaving the economy, and thus family budgets for people, subject to the whims of dictators such as Putin.” “It is our design that they should not be exposed to workers like this anymore.”
He said that strengthening renewable energy generation would make energy a source not weak, but of strength. We will protect critical infrastructure, energy networks and supply chains, and do everything necessary to protect the security of our people. energy Security is national security. “
For several months, The commitment to work has become a zero network of question. Treasury Adviser, Rachel Reeves, is Reinover spending obligations On low -carbon infrastructure, Ed Miliband, Minister of Energy Security who defended climate and low carbon power, The goal of unrequivantty was from inside his party.
Miliband and Neto Zero have undergone increased criticism in the past few weeks, such as A crisis in the steel industry Nigel Faraj and others were blamed on zero, although high energy prices in the United Kingdom are Patured by an overwhelming majority depending on gas.
But the words of Starmer were a clear vote on confidence. He said: “Some in the United Kingdom do not agree with them [net zero]. They believe that energy security can wait. They believe that climate change processing can wait. But do they also think that the bills are waiting for? Do they think economic growth can wait? Do they think we can win the race for green jobs and investment through slowdown? “
Von der Lin repeated the words of Starmer. She said: “The reliable energy and the prices are reasonable are the lifestyle of our economies, as it supports our national security, and it maintains our industrial and economic competitiveness.” “Local renewable energy sources are not only enhanced by our flexibility, but of course new jobs stimulate and more innovation in our economies. With our energy dependence on fossil fuels, our energy security rises. This is the lesson that we learned in Europe.”
Not all countries were convinced. Joyce, Acting Assistant Secretary at the International Affairs Office, at the US Department of Energy, attacked the goal of reaching clear greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 as “harmful and dangerous” and in “our opponents’ interest.”
He claimed: “When and where the energy is rare or restricted, humans suffer. Unfortunately, the focus during the recent management was on climate policies and policies, which leads to that scarcity. These policies have adopted many, not only the United States, and harm to human life.”
Joyce’s words were received in silence, unlike applause for his colleagues, who warned that relying on fossil fuels was playing in the hands of Russia and Vladimir Putin, which many speakers described as “a weapon” in his conquest of Ukraine.
However, Joyce struck more striking, when it warned that China had controlled the critical metals necessary for renewable energy technology. The delegate was a separate session on this. The government of China was not represented at the conferenceBut the president of the country, Xi Jinping, gave a special speech to many other world leaders at the United Nations earlier this week in which he was He pledged to pressure climate policies, unlike the United States.
More than 60 countries, and about 50 private sector companies have been represented in Lancaster House talks in London, which will continue on Friday. King Charles was not present, but he sent a support message.
Starmer also gave the green light for the 2 billion pounds of carbon capture and storage project (CCS) located 20 miles on the coast of Liverpool, from which the first phase is designed to store 109 million tons of CO2 from industrial plants near Liverpool and Manchester in the eastern Irish Sea.
