Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham says plans to remove a million tonnes of carbon emissions from his region's economy are "in the balance" because of a lack of support from Boris Johnson's Government.
Speaking on the eve of the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow, which starts today, the mayor says the net zero agenda to cut harmful emissions is a chance to "reindustrialise the North of England" by creating new green industrial bases.
Greater Manchester leaders last month unveiled their "accelerated plan for carbon reduction" to cut emissions by a million tonnes over three years and achieve net zero for the region by 2038, 12 years before the Government's 2050 target for the UK.
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