U. K PRIME MINISTER MAKES A CASE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AT THE FLOOR OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Hundreds of heads of state are in New York City this week at the UN headquarters for the annual General Assembly.

The high-level General Debate starts on September 21 and lasts until September 27.

Although the event was held almost entirely virtually last year because of the pandemic, many leaders are delivering in-person speeches at this year's summit, including US President Joe Biden, who made his first address to the 193-member world body since he took office.

Vaccinations for COVID-19, climate change, and Afghanistan are just some of the topics highlighted at this year's meeting.

The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's concern and point of reference includes climate change and COVID-19. He begins with; "It's time for humanity to grow up.”Faced with an energy crisis back home, food shortages after #Brexit and the fading prospect of a U.S.-U.K. trade deal.

PM Boris Johnson urged world leaders to commit more to tackling climate change at the United Nations General Assembly. He continued; "When Kermit the frog sang It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green, I want you to know he was wrong," Boris Johnson told world leaders at a UN summit last night. The Prime Minister has urged other nations to spend more on combating climate change ahead of Cop 26.

After a three-day diplomatic tour of America that concentrated on making a success of the Cop 26 climate summit he is hosting in Glasgow in November, the prime minister referred to characters from The Muppets and invoked the Greek playwright Sophocles in an attempt to win over polluters.