MORE than one million people have urged the government to end new oil and gas drilling and deliver a fair transition to renewable energy, in a petition handed in at Downing Street yesterday.

The petition comes ahead of today’s Summit on the Future of Energy Security, co-hosted in London by the British government and the International Energy Agency and attended by ministers from across the globe.

It calls for a halt to new North Sea drilling projects, including the widely opposed Rosebank oilfield, and a “proper” plan to transition workers affected by the industry’s declining need for labour.