Climate Politics
Britain Is Back-Pedaling on Johnson’s Climate Legacy
The UK was an influential climate leader under former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Now his conservative party is trying to distance themselves from green policies.
Then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson rides a bike during a Conservative party local election visit in Stourbridge, England, on May 5, 2021.
Photographer: Rui Vieira/WPA Pool/Getty ImagesIt’s November 2021, Boris Johnson is the prime minister of the UK, and he’s making a speech to COP26, the global climate diplomacy meeting being held in Glasgow.
“If we don’t get serious about climate change today, it will be too late for our children to do so tomorrow,” he tells the audience of global leaders.