British Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomed this Sunday the adoption the day before at COP26 of the "Glasgow Climate Pact" intended to accelerate the fight against global warming but said his joy was "tinged with disappointment" .
The 200 countries of the COP26 adopted an agreement on Saturday to accelerate the fight against global warming, without ensuring to contain it at 1.5 ° C or respond to requests for assistance from poor countries.
“My joy at this progress is tinged with disappointment,” he said at a press conference, referring to “those for whom climate change is already a matter of life and death”.
“They demanded a high level of ambition for this summit.
And while many of us were willing to do, not everyone was, ”he continued, explaining that“ we can encourage, but we cannot force sovereign nations to do this. that they do not wish to do.
It is ultimately their decision ”.
India and China slow down on coal
However, he said he was "immensely proud" of the agreement reached and of the action of the president of the COP26, the Briton Alok Sharma.
“There is no question that Glasgow has sounded the death knell for coal power.
It's a fantastic achievement and it's just one of many at the COP, ”said Boris Johnson.
Finally, to name coal and oil was painful, India and China succeeding at the last moment in further reducing the formulation in "reduction" instead of "exit" from coal, pushing Alok Sharma, in tears, to apologize to the world.
This Sunday, Alok Sharma told the BBC that China and India should "explain themselves" over the decision.
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