在联合国气候谈判中，英国承诺在应对全球变暖方面发挥领导作用，此前不断变化的政治格局曾引发外界对政府优先事项的质疑。
The UK promised to take a leadership position in tackling global warming at UN climate talks, after a shifting political landscape had raised questions about the government’s priorities.
“英国回来了，准备全力发挥作用，”首相安迪·伯纳姆周四在土耳其安塔利亚举行的COP31领导人峰会上表示。“我传达的信息是：我们致力于实现2050年净零排放目标。”伯纳姆主张清洁能源是实现能源安全的唯一途径，并支持东道主土耳其设定的目标：到2035年，将电力在全球能源需求中的占比从目前略高于20%提高到35%。
“Britain is back and ready to play its full part,” Prime Minister Andy Burnham said at the COP31 leaders’ summit in Antalya, Turkey, on Thursday. “The message I carry is this: we’re committed to meeting our 2050 net zero target.”Burnham made the case that clean energy is the only path to energy security, in endorsing a goal set by host nation Turkey to increase the share of global energy demand met by electricity to 35% by 2035, from just over 20% currently.
他的言论显示出英国保持其长期角色的雄心，即敦促其他国家加速摆脱化石燃料，其中包括英国作为2021年格拉斯哥COP26东道主的角色。该国对气候目标的承诺经受住了考验，燃料价格飙升和能源安全担忧也一度成为优先事项。
His remarks demonstrate an ambition to maintain Britain’s longstanding role in urging other countries to accelerate their move away from fossil fuels, including as the host of COP26 in Glasgow in 2021. The country’s commitment to climate goals has been tested, with a spike in fuel prices and concerns over energy security also taking priority.
政府批准北海杰克道天然气田的决定招致气候活动人士的尖锐批评，他们敦促政府叫停规模更大的罗斯班克石油项目。
The government’s approval of the Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea has drawn sharp criticism from climate campaigners, who are urging the administration to block the even larger Rosebank oil project.
伯纳姆还宣布任命达梅·马德琳·阿莱桑德里为英国首位气候安全特别代表，并表示政府将帮助动员50亿英镑（约合66亿美元）新的私人资金，用于全球清洁能源项目。
Burnham also announced Dame Madeleine Alessandri as the country’s first special representative for climate security, and said that the government would help mobilize £5 billion ($6.6 billion) of new private finance for global clean energy projects.