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Stop holidaying and work to make Cop26 a success, PM told
Some of 26 ice sculptures of children installed on New Brighton Beach, Wallasey in Merseyside, to highlight the forthcoming Cop26 global climate conference
BORIS JOHNSON has been urged to get off of his sun lounger and show some leadership to ensure that next month’s United Nations climate talks do not become a “greenwash summit.”
The Prime Minister, who is on holiday at the Spanish home of a prominent Tory peer, faces heavy criticism over a lack of clear targets ahead of the crucial Cop26 conference in Glasgow.
Shadow business secretary Ed Miliband is due to set out the “undeniable and frightening maths” of emissions reductions today, showing the world remains very far from where it needs to be ahead of the UN summit.
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