Add your name to call on Andy Burnham to Secure Our Future

The UK is under extreme heat. Soon, Andy Burnham could be under even greater pressure. The question is: will he rise to the challenge?

As Britain swelters through only the second red heat warning in its history, one thing is clear: the climate and nature crisis is no longer a warning about the future. It’s here, now, and escalating. But is Andy prepared to meet the moment?

And while high temperatures are threatening a spike in heat related deaths, closing down our schools, and impacting our power and water supplies, we’ve also had three of the worst harvests on record in just the last five years, threatening our ability to grow food. The Government has already been forced to buy and demolish homes because they can no longer be protected from rising flood risk. And our own intelligence chiefs have warned that ecosystem collapse poses serious threats to our national security.

This crisis is no longer creeping towards us. It’s crashing through our front doors. And the truth is, Britain is dangerously unprepared and its communities that are now paying the price.

But this is not a choice between dealing with climate change or growing our economy - as big oil and gas and some in the media would have you believe. They are one and the same. Britain's net zero economy is already worth more than £100 billion a year. And as The Confederation of British Industry has confirmed, it’s creating better-paid jobs, delivering growth across the country, and expanding three times faster than the rest of the economy. The route to a safer future is also our greatest opportunity.

Will Andy Burnham be the first PM to get to grips with the emergency once and for all?

In 2024, as Mayor of Greater Manchester, he backed the Climate and Nature Bill because he recognised that Britain needed bold, science-led action to tackle the twin crises of climate breakdown and nature loss.

Despite his predecessors failing to progress the Bill, the crisis did not disappear. It accelerated.

Now, with the keys to Number 10 seemingly within his grasp, Andy Burnham faces a defining choice.

Will he rise to meet the moment?

That’s why we’re asking Andy Burnham to:

• Meet the UK's international climate and nature commitments
  Delivering the promises Britain has made under the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
• Pass the Nature + National Security Bill in this Parliament
  Protecting communities, food security and our economy from the escalating threats posed by ecosystem breakdown and extreme weather.
• Reject all new oil and gas licences, including Rosebank, and deliver a just transition
  Backing a worker-led transition to clean energy that is properly funded and rooted in the communities driving Britain's future.

The heat is on, and Britain can't afford another false start. Help us make sure Andy Burnham begins on the side of communities, not complacency. Join us in calling on him to act now to secure our future.