David Attenborough speaks during an event to launch COP26 on 4 February 2020 in London.
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COP26 could accelerate measures by the world s biggest polluters to tackle climate change, which activists, scientists and world leaders say could ultimately endanger the planet.
Britain holds the presidency of the conference this year.
Attenborough, 95, the world s most influential wildlife broadcaster, will exhort leaders at events over the next six months to put climate and the protection of nature at the top of their agenda, including at the Group of Seven summit in Cornwall, southwest England, in June, the UK government said.
He has also been invited to address world leaders and the public at the Glasgow summit, which has been billed as the most important climate meeting since the Paris Agreement in 2015.
UPDATE 2-World must go beyond hot air at COP26 climate summit - UK s Johnson Reuters 6 hrs ago We don t want a hot air climate gathering - UK PM Says G7 must make concrete pledges at June summit Rich world must meet climate finance targets - Johnson (Adds details and quotes)
By Guy Faulconbridge and Alistair Smout
LONDON, May 6 (Reuters) - World leaders need to come up with much more than hot air at the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference (COP26) in November if the planet is to have any chance of cooling down, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday.
EnvironmentWorld must go beyond hot air at COP26 climate summit - UK s Johnson
Guy FaulconbridgeAlistair Smout
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Britain s Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on as he campaigns on behalf of Conservative Party candidate Jill Mortimer in Hartlepool, Britain May 3, 2021. Lindsey Parnaby/Pool via REUTERS
World leaders need to come up with much more than hot air at the United Nationsâ Climate Change Conference (COP26) in November if the planet is to have any chance of cooling down, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday.
COP26, which will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, is important as it could accelerate measures by the world s biggest polluters to tackle the climate change which activists, scientists and world leaders say could ultimately endanger the planet.
The Straits Times
World must go beyond hot air at COP26 climate summit: UK s Johnson
British PM Boris Johnson said he would push leaders at a G-7 summit in June to make firm climate commitments.PHOTO: REUTERS
PublishedMay 6, 2021, 9:25 pm SGT
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