‘Glasgow Has Sounded the Death Knell for Coal Power,’ Johnson Says

“Almost 200 countries have put their name to the Glasgow climate pact, marking a decisive shift in the world’s approach to tackling climate emissions, setting a clear roadmap to limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees and marking the beginning of the end for coal power. It is beyond question that Glasgow has sounded the death knell for coal power. It’s a fantastic achievement, and it’s just one of many to emerge from COP26. Of course, my delight at this progress is tinged with disappointment. Those for whom climate change is already a matter of life and death, who can only stand by as their islands are submerged, their farmland turned to desert, their homes battered by storms, they demanded a high level of ambition for this summit. And while many of us were willing to go there, that wasn’t true of everybody. And sadly, that’s the nature of diplomacy. We can lobby, we can cajole, we can encourage, but we cannot force sovereign nations to do what they do not wish to do.” “For months, people have been asking me, some of you good people have been asking me, ‘Do you feel the weight of the world on your shoulders?’ And I can tell you there was one really tense hour where I did feel the weight of the world on my shoulders. And, you know, so many people have done so much over two years. The U.K. team internationally, and, you know, this deal was absolutely in jeopardy. It really was in jeopardy. We got it over the line, and the reason we were able to do this is because of the trust that we have built around the world.

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