Sunak reverses decision to skip Cop27 and will attend UN climate talks

Chancellor Rishi Sunak holds his Green Box at the Cop26 summit at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow, ahead of a meeting with a group of finance ministers who are backing a plan to create new global climate reporting standards. Picture date: Wednesday November 3, 2021.

The British prime minister had faced increasing pressure to show climate leadership, as predecessor Boris Johnson announced he would attend.

Rishi Sunak has reversed his decision to skip Cop27 and will attend the climate summit in Egypt next week, he has announced.