The former UK prime minister attended a New York Times event at the UN climate conference in Egypt on Monday, saying 'now is not the moment to go weak on net zero' after suggesting that the discussion over the war in Ukraine had distracted from the climate crisis and was having 'all sorts of bad effects'. Johnson said global leaders should not back away from promises made at the previous climate summit in Glasgow. He insisted he was attending the summit in a 'purely supportive role' before Rishi Sunak's appearance on Monday afternoon. Sunak had originally said he was unable to attend the event because of commitments to tackle the cost of living crisis
Cop27: Boris Johnson tells summit now is ‘not the moment to go weak on net zero’ – live