If Glasgow fails, the whole thing fails: UK PM on COP26

If Glasgow fails, the whole thing fails, UK's Johnson warns on COP26

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Credit: AP Photo

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday urged world leaders attending the UN climate change conference in Glasgow to commit to cutting carbon emissions, warning efforts to halt runaway global warming will fail if they do not.

"If Glasgow fails, then the whole thing fails," he told a news conference in Rome, after a meeting of G20 leaders.

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