Name: UK under pressure to reject new oil field as it prepares to host COP26 climate conference
Uploaded: 2021-07-20T20:33:56+01:00
Duration: 7 min 54 s
Description: The UK is preparing to host the UN climate conference, COP26, later this year. But the UK government faces questions of its own about the use of fossil fuels.

The UK is preparing to host the UN climate conference, COP26, later this year. But the UK government faces questions of its own about the use of fossil fuels.

A decision is expected within weeks which could open up drilling in a vast oil and gas field west of Shetland.