Nicola Sturgeon has repeated her call for Boris Johnson to return to Glasgow and help get a final draft of the Cop26 agreement over the line.
The First Minister said this moring that progress had been made in some areas, but added that the text needs strengthened "in many others".
She appealed to Boris Johnson to become diretly involved in the last round of talks in his capacity as the head of the government currently holding the COP Presidency.
Ms Sturgeon made the call on social media, saying she was "repeating my urgent call for PM - as head of government holding COP Presidency - to get directly involved in negotiations today.
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"While there’s progress in some areas, the text badly needs strengthened in many others, esp accountability on pathway to 1.5 and loss & damage."
Repeating my urgent call for PM - as head of government holding COP Presidency - to get directly involved in negotiations today. While there’s progress in some areas, the text badly needs strengthened in many others, esp accountability on pathway to 1.5 and loss & damage https://t.co/kdru8ICOlX
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) November 13, 2021
The First Minister previously urged Boris Johnson to head north of the border once more on Friday, saying that 'every shoulder was needed at the wheel'.
The latest draft, published more than 13 hours after the UN climate summit in Glasgow was due to have finished, requests countries to “revisit and strengthen” their 2030 emissions-cutting targets by the end of 2022.
This is seen as key to keeping the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C, beyond which the worst impacts of extreme weather and rising seas will be felt, within reach, although it does not specifically refer to the 1.5C goal.
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It also calls on governments to revisit the targets “as necessary to align with the Paris Agreement temperature goal by the end of 2022, taking into account different national circumstances”.
The Prime Minister's Office has been contacted for comment
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