“There is no long-term prosperity without action on climate change. There is no energy security without investing in renewables,” the new prime minister Rishi Sunak tweeted on Wednesday, about his decision to attend this year’s Cop27 climate conference in Egypt.
He made no reference to his previous decision not to go to Sharm El Sheikh for the UN’s annual environment summit, which starts on Monday but climate campaigners and many in his own party have welcomed to the about-turn.
