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Why Rishi Sunak flip-flopped on Cop

As Cop27, the UN climate conference, starts in Egypt, Anoosh Chakelian is joined by India Bourke, our environment correspondent, to discuss why Rishi Sunak U-turned and is now attending, what might be announced and why it’s disappointing that the leaders of so many other countries are not going. Read more: <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/environment/2022/11/carbon-emissions-tracker-countries-compare-cop27" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carbon emissions tracker</a> 2022: How do countries compare? Greta Thunberg on why <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/environment/2022/11/greta-thunberg-cop27-is-a-scam" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cop27 is a “scam”</a>“I haven’t met a politician ready to do what it takes”: <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/environment/2022/10/greta-thunberg-bjork-guomundsdottir-interview-climate-change" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Greta Thunberg and Björk</a> in conversationMapped: <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/environment/climate/2022/10/mapped-uk-fracking-licences-tory-constituencies" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fracking sites</a> could impact one in four Tory constituencies Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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