Rishi Sunak Says He Will Attend COP27 Next Week

It’s an about-turn from the premier’s stance last week, when he said he needed to focus on the “depressing domestic challenges we have with the economy.” That provoked criticism from Alok Sharma, the minister in Sunak’s own government who served as president of the previous COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland. He told the Sunday Times he was “disappointed” the premier wasn’t going to Egypt, and argued it would promote engagement with other world leaders on climate issues.