LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson traveled to the United States on Sunday with senior cabinet officials to urge world leaders who attend the UN General Assembly to take urgent action on climate change in Scotland.
Johnson will hold a host meeting about climate change with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday.
Both will discuss the need to help developing countries reduce the impact of climate change.
“This week, because world leaders arrived in New York for the biggest diplomatic events of this year, I would encourage them to take concrete actions on coal, climate, cars and trees so that we can make COP26 success and maintain our climate goals.
Within range, “Johnson said in a statement.
England accommodates the COP26 climate summit from October 31 to November 12 at Glasgow.
The conference is billed as an important moment to persuade the government, industry and investors to make a binding commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and to make progress to reduce global warming down 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The British government said 100 world leaders have confirmed that they will attend the conference.
But Alok Sharma, British officials serving as president of the conference, could not confirm Sunday whether the Chinese President Xi Jinping had committed to attending talks, or whether China would definitely send delegates.
“On the problem whether Xi Jinping will come, it has not been confirmed.
Usually these things will be a little closer to the top.
I am very, sincerely hope that we will have delegates from China,” Sharma told the BBC.
He told Sky News that Beijing, because the largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world, must be an important part of each climate change agreement.
“They have told me that they wanted COP26 to be successful.
The ball is in their court.
We want them to go forward and make it success together with the whole world,” he said.
Johnson, Sharma and the newly appointed foreign secretary, Liz Truss arrived in New York on Sunday for a four-day visit to the US after the UN General Assembly, Johnson and Truss would visit the White House to talk about the climate, pandemic and internationally.
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This will be Johnson’s first visit to the White House since President Joe Biden served.