U.K.’s Johnson Sees ‘Extremely Tough’ Global Climate Talks

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Boris Johnson said the global climate talks the U.K. is hosting at the end of the month will be “extremely tough,” as he made a last-ditch call on world leaders to take concrete steps toprotect the planet.Participants at the discussions -- known as COP26 -- must “keep alive” the prospect of containing global warming since pre-industrial times to 1.5 degrees Celsius,” the U.K. premier said onMonday in an interview with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait.He called for nations to harden their promises to slash emissions.“COP was always going to be extremely tough,” Johnson said when asked about his goals for the discussions. “We’re going to need to see some real action from the participants,” he said,urging countries to make “hard pledges.”