"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. The Cop30 leaders' summit in the Amazonian city of Belem on 6-7 November is the most important since the historic Paris Cop of 2015."
"But the latest reports suggest that Starmer's political aides do not want him to go. They apparently think that Labour's Reform-minded voters do not care much about the climate crisis and feel he spends too much time abroad. Meanwhile, Starmer's foreign policy advisers point to Donald Trump's mendacious attack on climate change science and policy at the UN last week and say it would look terrible for Starmer to stay away."
Keir Starmer faces a decision about attending the UN climate summit Cop30 in Belem, Brazil on 6-7 November. He previously criticized Rishi Sunak for missing a climate meeting and pledged he would attend such summits as prime minister. Political aides worry that Reform-minded voters care little about climate action and resent time spent abroad, while foreign policy advisers warn that absence would look bad after Donald Trump's recent UN attack on climate science. Kemi Badenoch has vowed to scrap the 2008 Climate Change Act, increasing pressure on Starmer to maintain credible climate commitments. President Lula timed a leaders' summit to press governments to renew inadequate nationally determined contributions.
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