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G20: Theresa May urges countries to raise climate ambitions
Prime minister calls on others to embrace UK’s net zero emissions target to tackle crisis
- Heather Stewart
- The Guardian
Theresa May has urged countries to be more ambitious in tackling the climate crisis after Donald Trump reiterated his determination to ditch the Paris accord.
The prime minister led a session on the environment at the G20 summit in Osaka, which will be one of her final appearances on the world stage.
In the G20 communique, which was agreed after many hours of wrangling among the “sherpas”, who represent the group’s member states, 19 of the…