British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will call upon world leaders to take a “concrete action” on climate change during his meetings at the high-level United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, according to Downing Street on Sunday.
More than 100 Heads of State and Government as well as Foreign Ministers and diplomats will participate in-person in the annual General Debate, beginning September 21 through September 27.
Prime Minister Johnson, who will also visit the White House for the first time since Joe Biden became the US President, will be joining
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the UNGA meeting among the world leaders scheduled to attend the meeting in person.
The visit is seen as an important precursor to the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) UN climate summit, to be hosted by the UK in Glasgow in November.
“World leaders have a small window of time left to deliver on their climate commitments ahead of COP26,” Johnson said ahead of the UNGA.
“My message to those I meet this week will be clear: future generations will judge us based on what we achieve in the coming months. We need to continue to make a case for a sustainable recovery from coronavirus rooted in green growth.
“And we have a responsibility to ensure the benefits of that growth extend to all, no matter where they are born,” he said.
According to the UK media reports, Johnson intends to push for an action on coal, climate, cars and trees in particular.
