![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/pm-blasted-for-tepid-cop27-speech-as-world-on-highway-to-climate-hell/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2_COP27-Climate-Conference-Opening-Ceremony-And-High-Level-Summit.jpg&description=The new Prime Minister flew into Egypt for just one day after being forced into an embarrassing U-turn over his decision not to attend the key climate summitRishi Sunak addressed delegates at the COP27 summitRishi Sunak urged world leaders at the UN climate summit in Egypt to "summon the collective will" to cap a global rise in temperatures in a speech criticised by campaigners for lacking substance. Mr Sunak, who became Prime Minister late last month, had initially said he would be too busy coming up with a plan to fix Britain's economy to attend the COP27 summit, drawing criticism from political opponents and campaigners. Speaking to delegates in Sharm el-Sheikh tonight, he said the pandemic "all but broke" the global economy and Putin's "abhorrent war in Ukraine and rising energy prices across the world are not a reason to go slow on climate change. Despite pressures, he said the UK is committed to paying a fair share of climate finance, saying that 'climate security goes hand-in-hand with energy security' and said funding on adaptation will now be tripled to £1.5billion by 2025. 'I profoundly believe it is the right thing to do. Listen to Prime Minister Motley of Barbados as she describes the existential threat posed by the ravages of climate change, or look at the devastating floods in Pakistan where the area underwater is the same size as the entire United Kingdom. "When you see 33 million people displaced, with disease rife and spreading through the water, you know it is morally right to honour our promises. But it is also economically right too." Rishi Sunak on stage at the COP27 summit in Egypt ( Getty Images) But his speech caused scepticism from the summit with social justice campaign group Global Justice calling his works 'tepid' and ' failed to address the scale of the climate emergency.' Shadow climate and net zero secretary Ed Miliband said: ' Rishi Sunak is a fossil fuel Prime Minister in a renewable age. This is the man who had to be dragged to go t){kind=link}
The new Prime Minister flew into Egypt for just one day after being forced into an embarrassing U-turn over his decision not to attend the key climate summit
Rishi Sunak urged world leaders at the UN climate summit in Egypt to “summon the collective will” to cap a global rise in temperatures in a speech criticised by campaigners for lacking substance.
Mr Sunak, who became Prime Minister late last month, had initially said he would be too busy coming up with a plan to fix Britain’s economy to attend the COP27 summit, drawing criticism from political opponents and campaigners.
Speaking to delegates in Sharm el-Sheikh tonight, he said the pandemic “all but broke” the global economy and Putin’s “abhorrent war in Ukraine and rising energy prices across the world are not a reason to go slow on climate change.
Despite pressures, he said the UK is committed to paying a fair share of climate finance, saying that “climate security goes hand-in-hand with energy security” and said funding on adaptation will now be tripled to £1.5billion by 2025.