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Mr Johnson is expected to say later: 'Humanity has long since run down the clock on climate change. Climate poster girl Greta Thunberg backed direct action groups such as Extinction Rebellion and Insulate Britain, saying it was necessary to 'anger some people' to get the message through.Tina Stege, climate envoy for the Marshall Islands, warned that the Pacific archipelago could disappear underwater unless the Glasgow summit achieves its aims.Ministers were closing in on a deal to end deforestation by paying poorer countries not to fell trees.The PM told French president Emmanuel Macron to drop threats to penalise Britain, as environmentalists warned a growing spat over fishing rights risked overshadowing the climate summit.A report by the UN's weather agency warned that sea levels were now rising twice as fast as in the 1990s.One of the biggest security operations ever mounted in Britain got underway in Glasgow, amid warnings that climate protesters plan serious disruption.The PM said there are 'no compelling excuses for our procrastination' on reducing harmful emissions and action already taken amounts to 'drops in a rapidly warming ocean'. He set the tone as the G20 wrapped up by reading the riot act to his fell, saying their promises on tackling climate change are starting to 'sound hollow'. However, crucially they will not include Chinese premier Xi Jinping or Russian president Vladimir Putin as the two big polluters have decided not to come along - although they will give virtual speeches. Mr Johnson will launch the UN event in Scotland - which will last a fortnight - by meeting and greeting 120 world leaders. In a speech, he will pledge to put another billion pounds into green finance, as long as the UK economy performs as expected.Īnd the premier will repeat that he wants global leaders gathering in Glasgow to unveil steps on 'coal, cars, cash and trees' - the things he believes will make the most different in limiting temperature rises to 1.5 degrees. The PM is kicking off the COP26 summit in Glasgow desperately trying to get momentum, after securing only lukewarm commitments at the G20 summit in Rome over the weekend. Boris Johnson will exhort world leaders tomorrow to back up their talk on climate change with action - warning it is 'one minute to midnight'.