The 1.5C target is part of the Paris Agreement, signed by almost every nation, which commits countries to policy changes to limit global warming to less than two degrees this century while "pursuing efforts" to limit it to 1.5C. The Government said negotiations were "incredibly complicated and notoriously hard".Īlok Sharma, the Cop26 president, said talks were "getting to the point where the rubber hits the road", adding: "I certainly do not underestimate the difficulty of the task we are facing ahead of us." Countries must come back to the table this week ready to make the bold compromises and ambitious commitments needed."
Mr Johnson said: "We cannot underestimate the task at hand to keep 1.5C alive. It's really a reflection of the fact that it is tense right now," he added. "The mood is mixed, and I say that not in any pejorative sense. On Saturday, Archie Young, the UK's lead negotiator, said the official talks were at a "critical juncture". Boris Johnson has urged countries to keep alive hopes of limiting global warming to 1.5C in the "notoriously hard" Cop26 negotiations.