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A video of the incident on Monday was captured by Leo Hickman, the director/editor of UK climate change website, Carbon Brief, as reported by news agency IANS. Hickman shared the video on Twitter in which he mentioned that “UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has just arrived at launch of the Forests and Climate Leaders’ Partnership at COP27″.
According to a report in London World, Sunak “was on stage with other world leaders for a climate change event when his aides interrupted him”. However, there is presently no information on what the aides told the Prime Minister. Downing Street has made no statement on the incident either.
Earlier during his keynote address to the summit on Monday, Sunak said that “climate security goes hand in hand with energy security” and that the ongoing war in Ukraine and rising energy prices are reasons to act faster to tackle climate change.
This was Sunak’s first appearance in an international arena since he took office last month. The UK Prime…