Day two of the Cop27 conference in Egypt gets underway Tuesday on the back of UN warnings that climate change has put the world on a “highway to hell”, and appeals from Britain and France to ensure the Ukraine war is not used to stymie efforts to rein in global warming or provide climate justice to poorer nations.
In a speech late Monday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the Ukraine conflict was a "critical moment" that offered a reason to speed up the reduction of carbon emissions rather than slow its progress.
