With less than a week until Andy Burnham becomes prime minister, it was reported yesterday that 2,700 people in England and Wales are thought to have died from heat-related causes in May and June during the extreme temperatures.
The economist Michael Jacobs, who's a consultant on climate change and was an advisor to Gordon Brown and Camilla Born, chief executive of Electrify Britain and who was an adviser to Cop 26 president Alok Sharma, speaks to Channel 4 News about climate, politics and if Britain’s next prime minister cares about the climate.
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'No doubt' about Burnham's commitment to climate change
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