Majority of Britons say UK should pay for climate action in poor countries

A man with ‘justice’ and ‘1.5’ written on his hands participates in a protest at Cop27 in Egypt. Photograph: Nariman El-Mofty/AP

A significant majority of people in the UK think the country has a responsibility to pay for climate action in poorer and vulnerable countries, an opinion poll shows.

The issue of rich, polluting countries providing substantial funding to developing countries is central to the UN’s Cop27 climate summit in Egypt. Experts have warned that, without the flow of many billions of dollars to help cut emissions and cope with increasingly severe environmental impacts, there will not be the trust needed for the combined global action required to beat the crisis.