Environment / Covering Climate Now / As Europe Burns, a Climate Cover-Up Continues The UK’s Labour Party seems afraid to talk about the climate emergency. “To cover up 1 high level report…looks odd,” remarked Caroline Lucas, the former leader of the UK’s Green Party. In Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the fires were the effects of the “climate emergency.” The UK report is notable for highlighting not only climate change but the related problem of biodiversity loss and collapsing ecosystems. Andy Burnham, who replaced Starmer as prime minister on July 20, has yet to speak publicly about the buried report or climate change in general.