Keir Starmer dodges questions over Donald Trump climate fears at Cop29 summitPA
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00:00Prime Minister, Donald Trump's victory tells us that millions of people who don't care
00:04about climate change may not even believe in it. Has that made you reflect
00:09that politicians are losing this argument?
00:12I think it's very important for the
00:14United Kingdom to show leadership on the climate challenge. It's a very important
00:19challenge of our time. It's also, I've long believed, the single biggest
00:23opportunity for the next generation of jobs. I look forward to working
00:26with President Trump, of course I do, as I'll work with all global leaders on this.
00:31But we just had a very successful International Summit for Investment just
00:35a few weeks ago, which brought in over £60 billion worth of investment.
00:39Most of that was in renewables and that's investment directly into the United
00:45Kingdom. That's vitally important, that's jobs for generations to come right across
00:50the United Kingdom and that is of central importance. My main mission, which
00:54is to make sure that we grow the economy in the United Kingdom, and what I
00:57mean by that is living standards, people feeling better across the United
01:01Kingdom, and I think this is an opportunity for the UK, not just to show
01:05leadership, but to get those jobs and to ensure that we're at the forefront of the
01:11race for those next generation of jobs.