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Khan Pushes Climate-Emergency Briefing After 100,000 Signatures

8/24/2026

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London mayor Sadiq Khan urged global leaders to treat climate change as an emergency.
Two-thirds of major UK newspaper articles on summer fires omitted any mention of climate change.
In his August 8 column, Khan called for reducing oil and gas reliance and pressured new PM Andy Burnham.
A petition for a televised climate-emergency briefing gathered 100,000 signatures and met the debate threshold before the September 1 parliamentary session.

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London mayor Sadiq Khan urged global leaders to treat climate change as an emergency.
Two-thirds of major UK newspaper articles on summer fires omitted any mention of climate change.
In his August 8 column, Khan called for reducing oil and gas reliance and pressured new PM Andy Burnham.
A petition for a televised climate-emergency briefing gathered 100,000 signatures and met the debate threshold before the September 1 parliamentary session.