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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Rowena Mason and Aletha Adu

Sunak accused of sending wrong signals on climate crisis as he heads to Cop28

Rishi Sunak with his wife Akshata Murty outside 10 Downing Street in London.
Rishi Sunak with his wife Akshata Murty outside 10 Downing Street in London. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Rishi Sunak has been accused of sending out the wrong signals on tackling the climate emergency as he heads to the Cop28 summit in Dubai after saying his revised net zero targets show he is “not in hock to the ideological zealots”.

The prime minister will allocate about £1.6bn of climate finance during the summit and claim that the UK will exceed its target of spending £11.6bn over the five years to 2026.

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