Sunak tries to reclaim climate narrative with $2 billion pledge

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will pledge 1.6 billion pounds ($2 billion) in funding at the U.N. climate summit on Friday, an attempt to bolster his green credentials after watering down Britain's measures to reach net zero targets.

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01 Dec 2023

Sunak, in Dubai for COP28 leaders' day, will try to restore Britain's reputation as a leader in tackling climate change by committing to spend the mostly new money on projects in Africa and Asia to tackle deforestation and energy innovation.

But he will also underline Britain's «pragmatic» approach to climate change, a description he has stuck with since he was criticised by environmental campaigners for delaying a ban on sales of new petrol cars, easing the transition to heat pumps and granting new North Sea drilling licences.

Running way behind the opposition Labour Party in the polls before a national election expected next year, Sunak's team believes voters will only support measures to tackle climate change when, or if, they are affordable.

«The world made ambitious pledges at previous COP summits to limit global