The PM will tell world leaders at the COP27 summit they must stick to their green commitments.
However, it comes as Petteri Taalas, secretary general of the World Meteorological Organisation , has warned that the 1.5C target is "barely within reach".the rate at which sea levels are rising has doubled since 1993UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has described the report as a "chronicle of climate chaos" and urged governments at COP27 to answer the planet's "distress signal" with "ambitious, credible climate action".
It said the UK will also commit £90m for conservation in the Congo Basin rainforest, and £65m to support indigenous and local communities.The Congo Basin is the second largest rainforest in the world after the Amazon If temperatures rise 1.7 to 1.8C above 1850s levels, the IPCC estimates that half the word's population could be exposed to life-threatening heat and humidity.
Labour's Ed Miliband criticised Mr Sunak's ability to lead the UK on climate change as he "had to be dragged kicking and screaming" to go to the summit.
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