British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said new infrastructure was needed to keep alive a target of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius and that investment in that infrastructure could help lessen global inequality. | Reuters
“To keep 1.
5°C in sight to reach global net-zero, and to protect vulnerable countries from the impacts of climate change means the development of new, clean and green infrastructure,” Johnson told a press conference at the COP26 event in Glasgow.“Our pursuit of global net-zero can drive global leveling up, helping developing economies fast-track their way to a prosperous, clean, and green future.”
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