November 1, 2021–The COP26 climate conference kicked off today with speeches from many of the world’s leaders. United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomed leaders to the conference, held this year in Glasgow, Scotland.
“When it comes tackling climate change words, blah blah blah, without action, without deeds are absolutely pointless. And our record on deeds is not exactly stellar,” Johnson said. He went on to say that world leaders failed to deliver on promises they made to raise $100 billion a year to finance climate action by 2020. “There was absolutely no wiggle room in that. That deadline has come and gone. And we’ve collectively flunked it.”
Pointing to countries most in danger of climate change effects, Johnson added, “We need to think about them and take action now to prevent loss and damage on a truly catastrophic scale.”
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