Boris Johnson calls for humanity to 'grow up' and address climate change

Mr Johnson on countries to cut their carbon emissions by 68% by 2030 compared with 1990 levels, praised the end of China’s international financing of coal, and congratulated Pakistan’s pledge to plant 10 billion trees.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Earth is not “some indestructible toy” UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told world leaders, as he spoke of the upcoming Glasgow COP26 summit as “the turning point for humanity”.

Mr Johnson addressed the United Nations General Assembly in the early hours of Thursday in a speech in which he conceded a rise in temperatures was inevitable but said we can hope to “restrain that growth”.