Boris Johnson To Commit Hike In UK's Climate Finance At Start Of COP26
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Boris Johnson will urge all countries to take concrete steps on phasing out coal, accelerate the transition to electric vehicles, and halt deforestation, as well as supporting developing nations on the frontline of the climate crisis with climate finance.
The world must move from aspiration to action to limit rising global temperatures, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell world leaders at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow on Monday as he commits to increase the UK's climate finance by GBP 1 billion by 2025.
In an address at the World Leaders Summit opening ceremony, to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Johnson will urge all countries to take concrete steps on phasing out coal, accelerate the transition to electric vehicles, and halt deforestation, as well as supporting developing nations on the frontline of the climate crisis with climate finance.
These actions will be highlighted as making the biggest difference in reducing emissions this decade on the world's path to net zero and keeping alive the global aim of limiting rising temperatures to 1.5 Celsius under the Paris Agreement.
“Humanity has long since run down the clock on climate change. It's one minute to midnight and we need to act now,” Johnson will say in his address to the summit.
