The 27th Cop on climate change is taking place over the next two weeks in the resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt
Good morning! The 27th Conference of the Parties – or Cop27 as you probably know it – is under way at last in the Sharm-el-Sheikh resort in Egypt.
Today and tomorrow world leaders will address Cop, with the British PM, Rishi Sunak due to speak at 4pm.
Boris Johnson will attack the “corrosive cynicism” on net zero that is hampering UK, and global, efforts to tackle the climate crisis, in a speech at the UN Cop27 climate summit on Monday.
In a swipe at members of his own Conservative party, the former UK prime minister will contrast the success and spirit of optimism at Cop26 in Glasgow last November with the failures of governments – including the UK – to follow through on promises since.
