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Sunak facing cross-party pressure to stop ‘maxing out’ North Sea oil and gas
Campaigners take part in a Stop Rosebank protest outside the UK Government building in Edinburgh, after the controversial Equinor Rosebank North Sea oil field was given the go-ahead, September 30, 2023

RISHI SUNAK faces cross-party pressure to meet Cop28’s climate pledges and end the government’s approach to “max out” North Sea oil and gas.

More than 50 MPs and peers have signed an open letter to the Prime Minister urging the government to join the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (Boga) before the next international climate summit.

The members of the influential all-party parliamentary group on climate change (climate APPG) called on Mr Sunak to “accelerate action to cut emissions, protect nature and rebuild the UK’s unique political consensus.”

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