{"id":100478,"date":"2023-12-01T09:26:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T09:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/?p=100478"},"modified":"2023-12-01T09:26:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T09:26:58","slug":"rishi-sunak-insists-britain-is-a-leader-and-can-walk-tall-at-cop28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/world-news\/rishi-sunak-insists-britain-is-a-leader-and-can-walk-tall-at-cop28\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak insists Britain is a &apos;leader&apos; and can &apos;walk tall&apos; at COP28"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Rishi Sunak insists Britain is a &#8216;leader&#8217; and can &#8216;walk tall&#8217; at COP28 climate summit in Dubai&#8230; as he is relegated to the back row of &#8216;family photo&#8217; behind Albania<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>World leaders gathering in Dubai as they try to plot path to tackle climate change<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rishi Sunak\u00a0insisted Britain is still a &#8216;leader&#8217; on climate change today as he attended the COP28 summit.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The PM dismissed warnings that the UK&#8217;s standing has been &#8216;diminished&#8217; by a rethink on the government&#8217;s Net Zero strategy as he said the country could &#8216;walk tall&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>But Mr Sunak was left languishing at the back of the &#8216;family photo&#8217; of leaders at the gathering this morning, behind the Albanian PM.<\/p>\n<p>As head of state, King Charles was in the front row of the group near French president Emmanuel Macron. The monarch has been giving a keynote speech on the environment, an issue he has campaigned on for decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the EU commission&#8217;s Ursula von der Leyen and European Council president Charles Michel were more prominently placed in the middle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sunak was asked at the summit how he would respond to those accusing him of not being serious about climate action.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/08\/78461003-12813399-image-a-2_1701420843857.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rishi Sunak insisted Britain is still a &#8216;leader&#8217; on climate change today as he attended the COP28 summit<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/08\/78460993-12813399-image-a-1_1701420840549.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mr Sunak was left languishing at the back of the &#8216;family photo&#8217; of leaders at the gathering this morning, behind the Albanian PM. As head of state, King Charles was in the front row of the group<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/08\/78460995-12813399-image-a-4_1701420857418.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The monarch has been giving a keynote speech on the environment, an issue he has campaigned on for decades<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have got an incredible track record in decarbonising in the UK, faster than any other major economy. We should be really proud of that,&#8217; the premier said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And I&#8217;ll be proud of that record at my meetings later today.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sunak added: &#8216;We&#8217;re leading the world in new industries like offshore wind. We&#8217;re protecting nature at home, so we&#8217;ve got a great story to tell.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He said other countries are &#8216;deeply appreciative&#8217; of the support that they are receiving from the UK to help them with the transition.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists en route to Dubai, Mr Sunak said: &#8216;We&#8217;ve got a better track record than any other major economy in decarbonising.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Any which way I look at it, we are a leader on this issue. We have been, we&#8217;re continuing to do so. So I will walk around very proudly tomorrow championing the UK&#8217;s achievements in this space.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It came after Lord Goldsmith, who resigned as his environment minister accusing Mr Sunak of being &#8216;uninterested&#8217; in green issues, told Sky News: &#8216;There&#8217;s no doubt our standing has diminished considerably in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The UK is just not seen by our allies \u2013 big and also small island members of the commonwealth \u2013 as a reliable or serious partner.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Downing Street has warned\u00a0China that it must step up its efforts to tackle climate change.<\/p>\n<p>In pointed comments, the Prime Minister&#8217;s official spokesman said other countries need to do their bit to address global warming \u2013 and singled out China as &#8216;vitally important&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said &#8216;significant action&#8217; must be taken to &#8216;keep 1.5 alive&#8217; \u2013 the goal of limiting global temperature increases to 1.5C.<\/p>\n<p>Asked what Mr Sunak hopes to achieve at the climate summit, the spokesman said: &#8216;He is clear-eyed about the challenges on a global scale that we still face on climate change. There is some significant action that must take place to keep 1.5 alive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He understands the challenges all countries \u2013 and that includes China, which is obviously vitally important \u2013 have to take action. We need to see not just commitments but real-world demonstration and action, as we have done, to make sure that this progress continues.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the PM was frustrated China is not doing enough, the spokesman said: &#8216;It&#8217;s simply a matter of fact that China, given its size and economy, is a crucial part of this.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But Mr Sunak refused to single out China today, saying: &#8216;Everyone collectively needs to do more to make sure that we do reduce emissions sufficiently.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>China, together with India, watered down the Cop26 climate pact in 2021 when Britain hosted the summit in Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p><span>In the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries vowed to limit the average global temperature rise to 2C above pre-industrial levels and make every effort to stop it rising above 1.5C.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cop28 is the first time that countries will assess progress towards this goal in what is being called the &#8216;global stocktake&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sunak&#8217;s spokesman said it would be the moment where the world &#8216;takes a long hard look in the mirror to see if we are delivering on the 2015 Paris Agreement&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/01\/78450659-0-image-a-213_1701394017900.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>COP28 is the first time that countries will assess progress towards this goal in what is being called the &#8216;global stocktake&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/01\/78450637-0-image-a-212_1701393944480.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rishi Sunak has warned China that it must step up its efforts to tackle climate change as he prepared to fly to Dubai last night for Cop28\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12813399\/Rishi-Sunak-COP28-climate-Dubai.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rishi Sunak insists Britain is a &#8216;leader&#8217; 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