Britain proposes November 2021 date for delayed U.N. climate summit


  • World
  • Wednesday, 27 May 2020

(Reuters) - Britain has proposed hosting in November 2021 a United Nations' climate summit that was postponed from this November due to the coronavirus pandemic, a letter from the Cabinet Office seen by Reuters shows.

The two-week summit - expected to be the biggest ever held in Britain - had been expected to trigger fresh pledges from hundreds of world leaders to stick to their promise under the Paris agreement on climate change and act to avert catastrophic global warming.

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