U.K.’s Johnson Warns G-20 to Act on Climate Before It’s Too Late
- Too many countries are doing too little: premier’s spokesman
- U.K. makes climate warning before G-20 summit, COP26 talks
Prime Minister Boris Johnson at Number 10 Downing Street in London, on Oct. 28.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged his fellow Group of 20 leaders to step up their game in tackling climate change before it becomes too late to rescue the most vulnerable nations from its “apocalyptic” effects.
The premier will attend the two-day G-20 summit in Rome before heading late Sunday to Glasgow, where the U.K. is hosting two weeks of United Nations climate talks, known as COP26. So far, climate discussions have been deadlocked, with China refusing to boost its commitments to limit global warming and countries struggling to reach an agreement on coal.