Boris Johnson told to get grip of UK climate strategy before Cop26

Worrisome' policy decisions could undermine UK leadership and the talks themselves, say senior climate experts

Boris Johnson must urgently take control of the UK's presidency of vital UN climate talks, amid a shower of green policy setbacks and growing concern over the lack of a coherent all-government climate strategy, senior international figures have said.

The Cop26 climate summit is viewed as one of the last chances to put the world on track to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, of holding global heating well below 2C, and preferably no more than 1.5C, above pre-industrial levels. There are just over six months left before the crunch talks are scheduled to begin in Glasgow in November.