Rishi Sunak said “fighting climate change is fundamental to our future prosperity and security”
Rishi Sunak will urge world leaders to move "further and faster" away from fossil fuels.Rishi Sunak will urge world leaders to move "further and faster" in transitioning away from damaging fossil fuels as he pledges to make the UK a "clean energy superpower".
"Fighting climate change is not just a moral good - it is fundamental to our future prosperity and security. However he was forced into what opposition parties called a "screeching U-turn" after coming under fire from within his own party, as well as from environmentalists questioning his commitment to the net zero agenda.
The latest round of UN climate talks takes place against a backdrop of increasingly devastating extreme weather around the world as well as an energy and cost-of-living crisis driven by President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
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