For so many reasons, we must focus on the ‘green crap’ now

By Thomas Lane2022-11-10T07:00:00

David Cameron famously said the UK had other priorities and Rishi Sunak was initially reluctant to travel to COP27. Our leaders really have no choice but to take action on climate change, says Thomas Lane

During his opening address to world leaders at the COP27 climate change conference in Egypt this month, UN chief António Guterres warned that we are on a “highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator”. A UN environment agency report published just before the gathering in Sharm el-Sheikh opened said that there was now “no credible pathway” towards limiting warming to the internationally agreed target of 1.5C, adding that progress towards this goal has thus far been “woefully inadequate”.

The message is clear, we need to do much, much more – but inaction is the order of the day.

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