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| Mon, 8th Mar 2021 10:37:00 |
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Climate change: Kerry urges top polluters to cut emissions now |
US climate change envoy John Kerry has urged the world's top 20 polluters which create 81% of emissions between them to reduce CO2 immediately.
He was speaking after meeting Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other senior UK figures in London to plan two upcoming international climate summits.
He praised the UK for phasing out coal, and for its "ambitious" climate goals.
But he told BBC Newsnight that the UK - along with other major nations - must deliver their proposed emissions cuts.
"China, the US, Russia, India, the EU, Korea, Japan and others all have to be part of this effort," he said. "Twenty countries. Eighty one percent of the emissions."
Asked during the interview whether the UK should be planning a controversial new coal mine in Cumbria, he replied: "The marketplace has made a decision that coal is not the future.
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