Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised a 'smooth and sensible' shift from fossil fuels to renewable power whilst on a visit to an off-shore windfarm in Scotland.
Outraged campaigners and climate scientists are piling on the pressure.
The prime minister has just received an open letter signed by organisations like Oxfam and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , which urges him to stop Cambo. And on Thursday, a petition signed by 80,000 people will be delivered to Downing Street demanding the same, and Greenpeace is threatening legal action if approval goes ahead.
Tessa Khan, a climate change lawyer and the founder of campaign group Uplift, said:"Pursuing new developments undermines the UK's chances of delivering successful outcomes at COP26.
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