Rishi Sunak claims 'road map' to stop climate catastrophe despite UN warning world is on the wrong track

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Rishi Sunak is being criticized for claiming the world has charted a course to avoid catastrophic global warming despite experts warning that a rise in temperature above 1, 5C is now almost 'inevitable'.< /p>

As he heads towards the crucial Cop27 summit, the Prime Minister argued that pledges made by governments under UK leadership to reduce carbon emissions added to a plan to avert disaster, if required.

"When the world came together in Glasgow last year, nations stood together agreed on a historic roadmap to prevent catastrophic global warming," Sunak said. “It is more important than ever that we keep these promises. Tackling climate change is not just a moral good – it's fundamental to our future prosperity and security.

This claim flies in the face of the United Nations warning that promises, if followed through, would still see world temperatures rise by 2.5C since industrialization - well above the 1.5C limit needed to prevent climate degradation.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has described an increase above 1.5C as "almost inevitable", while the UN secretary-general warned that the world is "doomed" unless it changes course.

Labour said Mr. Sunak "just doesn't get it", pointing to his reimposed ban on onshore wind farms, while Greenpeace UK political chief Rebecca Newsom said: "Rishi Sunak's keynote speech sounds good, but currency strength of global climate diplomacy is actions, not words."

And Friends of the Earth policy leader, Mike Childs said: "We have seen a gaping chasm between commitments and action. The UK government is far from meeting its climate targets, and the High Court has ordered it to rewrite its inadequate net zero strategy.

The criticism follows Mr Sunak's embarrassing reversal after he initially said he would skip Cop27. At the end of last month,