Boris Johnson promises urgent climate action after stinging criticism

PM takes charge of COP 26 as ex-minister hits back at her sacking as president of talksPolitics latest - live updatesBoris Johnson has promised "urgent action" on the climate crisis, taking personal leadership of this year's UN climate talks after a blistering attack by the sacked former minister who was to lead them."Unless we take urgent action, we will get 3C hotter," the prime minister told a gathering of climate experts, business leaders and civil society groups at the Science Museum in London on Tuesday morning. "As a country, as a society, as a planet and as a species, we must now act." Continue reading...