NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Rishi Sunak will advocate a ‘global mission’ that would limit temperature rises to 1.5C when he addresses the Cop27 climate summit in Egypt today.
The prime minister is expected to urge world leaders to renew pledges made at last year’s Cop26 in Glasgow, with the UK committing £200million to protect forests and invest in green technologies.
But he faced criticism over the government’s decision to issue more oil and gas licences in the North Sea and its opposition to new onshore wind turbines.
Mr Sunak’s speech comes as an alarming UN report warns that, as 2022 nears an end, the past eight years are on track to be the eight hottest on record.