
Exclusive: Boris Johnson talks up COP26 climate deals but stumbles on Attenborough mask controversy
CNN
Boris Johnson struggled to explain his decision not to wear a mask while sitting next to 95-year-old environmentalist David Attenborough as he tried to put a positive spin on this week's COP26 climate summit, in an exclusive interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour.
Speaking to CNN on the sidelines of talks in Glasgow, the British Prime Minister struck a somber tone on the state of the climate emergency, saying "I think you've got to be gloom and doom until we fix this thing" and insisting the world was "inching forward" on solving the crisis.
Johnson hailed some of the early agreements reached at the summit, including a pact to reduce deforestation, and suggested that more announcements could come over the course o the two-week summit.He also said his government was committing to reducing its reliance on coal, despite the prospect of a controversial new mine opening in northwest England.

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