Prime minister calls on countries to come to Cop26 ‘armed with ambitious targets and plans’

With just over six months to go before vital UN climate talks, Boris Johnson urged world leaders at a virtual White House summit to step up with plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions this decade.

“It’s vital for all of us to show that this is not all about some expensive politically correct green act of ‘bunny hugging’ or however you want to put it,” the prime minister told the possibly slightly puzzled leaders. “Nothing wrong with ‘bunny hugging’ but you know what I’m driving at.”

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