ALT On the decision to approve the Jackdaw gas field We want a future we can actually plan for: secure, well-paid jobs, thriving communities and a liveable climate. The Government must show communities that these are not competing ambitions. They are the foundations of a prosperous country, and delivering them requires a government prepared to build. Scientists have warned time and time again: that we already have enough fossil fuel projects planned globally to meet our energy needs - but burning it all would blow us past 'safe' climate limits of 1.5C. The transition is an absolute certainty if we want a liveable future. But successive UK governments have prioritised propping up the dying oil and gas industry. In the last decade, jobs supported by the industry in the UK have halved – a loss of nearly 450 jobs a week over ten years. The approval of Jackdaw must not be followed by approval of Rosebank. The UK’s growing green economy is booming, already worth over £100bn per year, and