Justin Welby apologises for likening climate threat to Nazis

Archbishop of Canterbury said inaction would cause genocide on infinitely greater scale' than Holocaust

The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has apologised for likening the threat posed by the climate crisis to the Nazis, while saying the current generation of political leaders will be cursed" in history if they fail at the Cop26 summit.

Interviewed by the BBC at the climate change gathering in Glasgow, Welby said the stakes at Cop were so high that for the leaders attending, in two generations' time they will be remembered for this fortnight, and probably this fortnight alone".