“Britain will live up to its commitments. We will help our friends as they live up to theirs. Britain is back and ready to play its full part,” Burnham said at the summit in the Turkish resort. He also backed COP31’s focus on electrification, saying it can strengthen energy security, create good jobs and lower bills.
The summit is promoting a goal of raising electrification to 35% of final energy consumption by 2035, known as the “35-35 target,” rather than focusing on reducing fossil fuel production. The International Energy Agency said Türkiye’s COP31 presidency is prioritizing the electrification ambition alongside zero waste and methane, efficient buildings, resilient cities, and clean cooking and energy access.
Türkiye plans to develop natural gas discoveries in the Black Sea and pursue offshore and onshore oil and gas drilling to improve its energy independence. Britain, while reiterating its climate commitments, has also taken what has been described as a “pragmatic” approach to new North Sea oil and gas projects. Last month, the UK government approved the long-delayed Jackdaw gas field, the first approval for a new North Sea project since the Iran war drove up energy prices.
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