
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the Cop27 summit at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
(Picture: PA Wire)Londoners need to be prepared for more death and destruction from extreme weather and sea-level rise following the disappointing outcome from COP27 in Egypt.
Countries promised last year at COP26 in Glasgow to submit more ambitious pledges for cuts in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases but they did not deliver at COP27. And as Just Stop Oil has warned, the UK, like other fossil fuel producers, is still planning to dig up more coal, oil and gas, even though burning existing global reserves would cause dangerous climate change.