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'Increasingly frustrated': PM castigates world leaders for inadequate climate commitments

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'Increasingly frustrated': PM castigates world leaders for inadequate climate commitments

Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Boris Johnson urges nations to step up their climate finance and emissions pledges ahead of COP26, predicting that in the future 'the only great powers will be green powers'

clock 20 September 2021 • 5 min read
'COP simply must succeed': Boris Johnson travels to US to drum up climate action pledges ahead of Glasgow Summit

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'COP simply must succeed': Boris Johnson travels to US to drum up climate action pledges ahead of Glasgow Summit

British Prime Minister voices fears that getting major economies to deliver on $100bn climate finance pledge to vulnerable nations will be 'tough' going

clock 20 September 2021 • 4 min read
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