Cop27 day one: UN chief warns world is ‘on highway to climate hell’ – as it happened

Antonio Guterres warns leaders of catastrophic consequences of failure to act as conference in Egypt opened

The US and China are showing the can-do promethean' spirit that can get us to net zero. We need to put the electric throttle to the floor".

Glasgow was a high point, a moment at which the clouds of despair' momentarily parted. But then Putin invaded Ukraine and the fight against climate change was one of the most important collateral damages.