Boris Johnson’s attempt to spin the outcome of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow in a positive light will not wash and the failure should sit firmly at his door.
The summit did see some progress on getting the bigger polluters to curb their emissions.
However, the deal did not go far enough.
The Prime Minister faced a number of calls from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to return to the summit for a third time to knock heads together to get an adequate deal, but he refused.
It’s no wonder he refused to turn up.
Johnson would rather sit back and look on from a distance at something that looks likely to fail than take charge to achieve a successful result.
At the most important point – when India and China watered down the language on phasing out coal production – he should have been in the room holding a firm line.
Many climate-vulnerable nations expressed their disappointment at the deal and it is no wonder.
Keeping 1.5C alive is just a phrase for many of us but a matter of life and death for people in some low-lying island nations.
Johnson should have been in the room standing up to China and India to achieve a positive outcome and, more importantly, to give hope to those who will suffer the greatest from rising global temperatures.
Time and time again, this Prime Minister has been missing in action, so it is no surprise he couldn’t be bothered showing up.
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