Britain to urge rest of world to end sales of new petrol cars by 2040
Alok Sharma says the Cop26 summit in Glasgow should also herald the end of coal power, deforestation and tackle methane emissions
14 May 2021 • 9:05pm
Alok Sharma, the Cop26 international climate summit president, visited Whitelee wind farm in Glasgow on Friday
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Britain will urge the rest of the world to end sales of new petrol cars by 2040 as part of the Cop26 international climate summit, its president has said.
Alok Sharma said the summit should also herald the end of coal power, deforestation, and tackle methane emissions to meet the aims of limiting warming under the Paris Agreement.