Climate Change
BORIS JOHNSON
The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has called on every country to set long-term goals in 2020 to reach net zero emissions at the formal launch of UK plans to host UN climate talks in November. The UK was the first major economy to set a net zero emissions target by 2050 in law last summer and Johnson said he would “lead a global call to reach net zero”. Johnson has commented that it is important to link the issues of biodiversity and climate change, suggesting that the climate issue can only be solved when the “balance between humanity and nature” is restored- deforestation, extinctions.
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Countries are under pressure to increase their climate plans to bridge the gap between current emissions reduction pledges and what is necessary to limit global warming “well below 2C” above pre-industrial times; like the Covid-19 crisis, we all have to work together to overcome this fight for survival.
